While in Svalbard, I will be conducting research in the fjord on the effects of changes in current flow on the marine ecosystem and the availability of food for nesting bird populations. I will be working out of the University Centre in Svalbard I will also be lecturing around Norway and sharing my research background with the Norwegian public and university colleagues.
I am also looking forward to absorbing the Norwegian culture in this high Arctic outpost and sharing this experiencing with my family. I have been to Svalbard annually since 2007 for stays of 3-5 weeks, quite different from this adventure of 7 months where we will see the light transition from 24 hours a day to total darkness for 4 months.
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| Overlooking the town of Longyearbyen during a hike in May, 2010. My family and I will be living in an apartment in the upper right of the picture and working at UNIS, the large dark structure in the upper center of the image. |
