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With much of my journal still to post, I find myself adjusting to a new time zone and work schedule while I battle jet lag and enjoy reunions with friends and family. I hope that you will keep visiti ...

July 19

We are in the midst of another possible delay getting to Isfjord Radio due primarily to sea ice. The ships and boats in the fjord are mostly stuck in place as the heavy sea ice blocks thei ...

July 18

Today we spent the morning in class at UNIS. Ole Humlum, a UNIS professor from Denmark who is an expert in many areas regarding high latitude geology and meteorology, made a very interesti ...

I have edited Elizabeth's entry that features her bird journal. It now covers an extended period. If you enjoyed reading about her bird sightings, please revisit her post to read the updates that hav ...

July 17
Today was an interesting day spent learning about the Svalbard Archipelago in general and exploring some specific features in Longyearbyen. We met at UNIS, which stands for the University Ce ...

(I cut this from the July 16 posting so that it would be easy to navigate to for information about the park. If you read it in the journal entry, it is just a repeat here!)

Vigeland Park and Museu ...

July 16

The hot shower felt so refreshing last night before bed. Possibly it was just the realization that unlimited hot water would soon be a fantasy and even a lukewarm trickle just might be a l ...

July 15
We were not able to make the connecting flight to Oslo so we spent most of the day at the airport in Paris. Al and Steve tried to sort out our tangled travel threads and figure out if and ho ...

July 14

I woke up early and got ready for a short walk to a small restaurant on Mt. Holyoke campus for breakfast. One of the students helped me take my boxes to the post office, which was nearby. ...

July 13
Today I took a flight from San Antonio to Hartford, Connecticut. One bag was lost along the way. I arrived just past noon, but needed to arrange for the missing bag. Meanwhile, the only ava ...

Thanks Wendy! Besides looking at the many photographs and hovering the mouse over them for more details, I hope that everyone will also take a look at the Ask A Teacher section in the Svalbard sectio ...

Hello Hector,

Thank you for visiting our site and for posting your question!

I am embedding a diagram to help orient you to the geographical location of Svalbard. Knowing where Svalbard is loca ...

Hi Tamara,

The Linne Glacier was selected for a variety of reasons. First, and probably foremost being that it was the area where the principle investigator for this project did his research for h ...

Hello Shawn,

I can see why there might be some confusion! Especially since we keep talking about all the wet weather we are experiencing this July and August in Svalbard!

An area is considered ...

Great question Candy!

The movement of glaciers has been studied for many years and it is an exciting phenomena. The Linne Glacier near Isfjord Radio at Kapp Linne in Svalbard Norway is a focus o ...