Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. As announced, the past few weeks have been all about my first scientific cruise. We spent five days aboard the Helmer Hanssen, collecting samples and identifying countless species. Since some organisms were so small and the diversity simply too vast to be fully documented in …
Continue reading [German] “Geschichten eines Expeditionsschlafsacks”
Hi, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. I have returned from my first scientific cruise. The four lab days following our expedition to fully analyse our samples are done, and even the data has been entered and posted online. Now, all that's left is to write the report. It's the perfect time to …
Continue reading “Chasing Ice: A Journey into Arctic Waters”
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. After giving you a detailed summary of the "Arctic Environmental Management" course, which has now concluded, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to discuss upcoming projects. My other course, which is now running parallel and becoming very intensive, is "Arctic Marine Biology." In …
Continue reading “Full Circle Moment onboard the Helmer Hanssen”
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. Even for me, it almost feels like a "welcome back" since I haven't posted any new articles in the last two weeks. One main reason for this was that I had a visitor. My husband braved the long journey here, and we were able to …
Hello, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. I have now been in Svalbard for over two months, and my first course at UNIS, "Arctic Environmental Management", is coming to an end. One element of the assessment for this course is to work in groups on an environmentally relevant topic in Svalbard, conduct interviews …
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