Biology's back!
Hello people,
it’s been a while… We are all still getting over the trauma Arctic Geology has inflicted on us last semester, so we didn't actually get to post about this semester yet...
We’ve been pretty busy this semester
already and it’s not going to get better any time soon *distressed laughter*, so
I’m just gonna quickly update you on what we’ve been up to.
First of all, I’m delighted to announce the big news: Hugo
got rid of the beard!
With the light returning throughout February, we dared to go
explore on our trusted snowmobile Frygg. We started off with a birthday trip to
Barentsburg and against all expectations only one of the scooters broke down
(it did break down twice though)!
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| Me + Frygg = obsessive relationship with material possessions |
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| The typical early February "blue season" light |
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| Efficiency: using one of the breakdowns as photo break |
The next weekend we went to Eskerfossen, a frozen waterfall
about 40 km from Longyearbyen, and topped the trip off with a glimpse on
Tempelfjorden and some white slush that I guess you could call sea ice.
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| Does this count as a silent waterfall? |
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| Victorian family |
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| Album's gonna drop in March |
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| Better get used to frozen lunch |
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| Tempelfjorden slush |
Believe it or not, but we’re actually also doing course
work! In the module Arctic Marine Biology we’ve been learning about arctic
plankton, fish and benthos recently. So basically, we looked at stuff through
microscopes, dissected fish and tried to identify polychaetes preserved in
formaldehyde.
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| The stuff I'm talking about |
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| Cione limacina (Sea Angel) |
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| Capelin otolith |
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| Classic "put the phone down" look |
In Arctic Environmental Management, we’ve been doing a lot
of interactive learning, so discussion and also role plays. Two weeks ago, we
gathered for a UN convention on climate change and renewable energy in the
Barents Sea and Greenland Sea. We split into groups of three, representing NGOs
(e.g. WWF), lobbies (e.g. Oil people) and governments (e.g. Russia). Hugo,
Francesca and I teamed up to be the Norwegian government; so basically, we were
funding all those super green ideas with the oil-money our economy depends on.
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| Knitted sweaters, weird hat and loads of money to spare |
And of course, the student parties aren't too bad either ;)
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| Student housing: the hallways in Brakke 9, Nybyen (nothing else to see here) |
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| Student housing: a kitchen in Brakke 9, Nybyen |
I hope you enjoyed the little update, cause I'm getting hungry so it ends here.
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