Hedda Andersen is from Oslo has a BSc in geosciences and am currently working on her MSc in Glaciology. She has studied in Oslo and on Svalbard in the Arctic, with University of Oslo (UiO) and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). Normally I work as an Environmental Scientist for a high-end Norwegian expedition cruise company, but […]
Svalbard
Svalbard: A geo-journey through time with Karsten Eig
Svalbard. What comes to mind? Polar bears that eat kids alive if they don’t carry guns in the settlement. Which they do. At least the parents. Dark as a coal mine half the year, even outside the coal mines. Bright as sun 24/7 the other half because…well, there is sun 24/7. Cheap booze. Cute, cuddly […]
Caledonian basement of Svalbard with Jaroslaw Majka
Jaroslaw Majka is a researcher and electron microprobe lab manager at Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Uppsala. You can read more about his research here. The Svalbard Archipelago is located in the northwestern corner of the Barents Shelf, at the latitudes similar to northernmost Greenland. This Arctic archipelago shows a geological record since Archean […]
Paleo-Ice in Svalbard with Will Philipps
Will is a joint Masters at the University at Buffalo and the University Centre in Svalbard. You can read more about his research here.