Hello again! We are now in the end of February, the sun is slowly on its way back making a sky of pastel colors and showing us the surrounding mountains of Longyearbyen. The transformation from completely darkness during the polar night truly has been an amazing experience. The lighter days has given better opportunities to explore Svalbard, and I have gotten to visit the ice cave on Scott Turnerbreen as well as Barentsburg. Earlier I had an introduction meeting with the staff at the Knowledge Centre, where I learned about what their work tasks at SIOS are. During the internship […]
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My name is Maren Christine Hansen and I am currently at the last semester of a bachelor in biology with the University of Bergen. I am originally from Tromsø, but I decided to move southwards because I wasn’t too happy about the cold and dark winters. My original plan was to take one semester in Hawaii to get some sun and warmth, but as I got more into different aspects of biology and climate change my interests gradually moved towards the arctic – especially when I heard about the opportunities on Svalbard and UNIS. This semester I will be joining […]
Lina is welcoming the midnight sun, and are looking forward to fully focus on her internship. See her videoblog here
Lina Lettau is following the AB-208 course “Internship in Arctic Biology” at UNIS. She will be working at SIOS – an international observing system for long-term measurements in and around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard addressing Earth System Science questions. Besides the internship period, the other main part of the course is documentation and reflection of experiences made, as well as learning outcomes achieved. This video is the first part of this documentation.