Svalbard

Taking a sneak peek at some of the AUV data from Billefjorden, we can see a salinity plot showing seawater at –2°C deep down, and warmer and fresher water at…

A key aim of the course has been to deploy underwater robots in the field, and to get a feel of field operations using AUVs in extreme conditions. In this…

Pyramiden is an abandoned mining settlement built by the Soviet Union in Billefjorden at the edge of the Nordenskjöld glacier. In its heyday, it used to have over 1000 inhabitants…

A safety briefing at UNIS. We will be going out on fieldwork in Isfjorden, and as preparation, we had a Health Safety and Environment (HSE) training today focusing on operating…

To acclimatize and get to know our new colleagues, we went out on a hike to the Foxfonna glacier, together with a husky! Over 60% of the land area in…

Here, you see a view of Longyearbyen and Adventfjorden. On our first day in town, we explored Longyearbyen, Svalbard’s largest settlement. 2100 people live here – miners working in a…

After two nervous weeks due to an airline strike, we’ve finally set out from Stockholm to the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard!  The Svalbard archipelago in the high Arctic is…