Applications due for summer permafrost field school in Svalbard

April 3, 2014

Cornerstone

The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost offers an International Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School in Svalbard, Norway, June 19–July 11, 2014.

The field school is open to senior bachelor degree students interested in obtaining general knowledge about permafrost. The application deadline is April 15. There is no course fee.

The course will offer insights into:

• Permafrost history and its distribution globally.


• Permafrost temperatures in various parts of the world — climatic and other controls.


• Methods of permafrost observations, focusing on drilling, coring and instrumentation.


• Permafrost databases and their use in permafrost analyses.


• Effects of permafrost on local community infrastructure and cultural life.


• Interaction between carbon and water in permafrost landscapes.


• Sensitivity of permafrost landforms to climate change.

Please apply online.

Contact Hanne H. Christiansen, at hanne.christiansen@unis.no, or Kenji Yoshikawa, at kyoshikawa@alaska.edu, for more information.