Winter fieldwork in Adventdalen. Photo: Børge Damsgård/UNIS
Winter fieldwork in Adventdalen. Photo: Børge Damsgård/UNIS

Virtual field guides

A project started in 2019, with the aim to create guides that can be used by students in preparation to field work, to refresh past field experiences and to be used in evaluation a students field knowledge. The field guides is also useful for the public.

AG-210 students on fieldwork in Billefjorden. Photo: Anne Hormes/UNIS.

Svalbox

Svalbox is all about Svalbard geology. Svalbox aims to compile and acquire key data sets and publications to provide an interactive 3D geoscientific database of Svalbard.

Two playful Arctic foxes in Svalbard. Photo: Børge Damsgård/UNIS.
Playful Arctic foxes in Svalbard. Photo: Børge Damsgård/UNIS.

Seasonal VFG

This VFG project stated in May of 2022. It puts the focus on key areas around Longyearbyen, Svalbard. These areas being Bjørndalen, Endalen and parts of Adventdalen. The are close to the university center and therefore often serves as location for scientific research and course activities.