Polar Soils Blog

For fun the last week, a few of us went kayaking across the fjord, and we saw a ptarmigan with 9 youngsters. (click here to learn more abou...

Well, the 3rd week offered us something different! Our course contracted a small ship, the M/S Stockholm out of Gotenburg Sweden, for three...

There are many tourist ships, and people come here to see glaciers and ice and the many beautiful flowers and mosses, the large numbers of b...

I have been giving the news, but thought a bit of background might be helpful. Svalbard became Norwegian territory in 1925, though the Russi...

Here's photographic evidence that Elizabeth is working hard in Norway with her Arctic soil microbiology course! She says: Week 2 was a f...

Elizabeth is now up in Svalbard, Norway! She says: There are 13 students from all over Europe, several from Norway, and only me from the U...

Our research in Antarctica is conducted during December through February. That's our winter, but the Antarctic summer. This is the best ...