To be honest, I don't know where, in the going-to-svalbard-process, I am at the moment. Some troubles are coming up now and then, often we have found solutions, thanks to Robert!
One problem, about registration, still exist. I have 11 days to find out where I should register for next semster. I want to register in Gothenburg because I want to have my exam from here. But the research group I'm working with wants me to register in Tromsö, because of funding issues. It's a dilemma!
I am also applying for the course "international polar field school" on svalbard this summer. It´s a 3 weeks course in june were most of the lectures are in the field. It's focusing on climate change in the polar region which I'm very interested in.
"and students will accordingly get a general overview of topics including geology, glaciology, permafrost, oceanography, meteorology, biology, Polar social science and management/decision making in the Polar areas." (http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/IPY_field_school/afs_201.htm)
for me this sounds really good and I hope I get on the course. In that case, I'll be on Svalbard for just a few weeks in juni-july...
Well I'll leave sweden in mid august going to Svalbard where I'm staying untill end october. I'll be better on updating this blog when there are more intresting things to write about!
for you who don't know where Svalbard is click here, It's a map from google. The "A" is pointing at Longyearbyen, where I'll stay and where the university is located.
I'll ofcourse bring my camera, the sun is still shining in August, so I'll take a lot of photos!
Okej, nothing more to write right now.
April 4, 2011
February 28, 2011
To seek answers
I just checked out the academic steps on the university (very frustrating not to know):
so.. total 10 years... and after some millions of publications and tutorial job you may become a:
4. Professor
On Svalbard I'll end my Bachelor's degree and, back home, I'll do the residue of my master's education, which will take me a year or so. Hopefully I'l do a PhD in gothenburg.
No news about The Svalbard excursion... I hope I'll get some more information soon...
- Bachelor's degree 3yr
- Degree of Master 2yr
- Degree of Doctor (PhD) 4-5yr
so.. total 10 years... and after some millions of publications and tutorial job you may become a:
4. Professor
On Svalbard I'll end my Bachelor's degree and, back home, I'll do the residue of my master's education, which will take me a year or so. Hopefully I'l do a PhD in gothenburg.
No news about The Svalbard excursion... I hope I'll get some more information soon...
February 13, 2011
polar bear in longyearbyen
yesterday a polar bear was seen in the village...
http://www.svalbardposten.no/nyheter/isbj%C3%B8rn-i-byen
http://www.svalbardposten.no/nyheter/isbj%C3%B8rn-i-byen
February 11, 2011
Isbjørn
"3000 bears. 2500 humans." is the first thing you see if you visit Svalbads homepage (svalbard.net). Rumor says that Svalbard is a fantastic place if you want to do outdoor activiteis. You can go kayaking, dog sleeding, hiking, skiing or why not see the landscape from a scooter?! All activiteis together with a very experienced guide who know everything about Svalbard. But if you want to do something on your own, it becomes much more difficult. You're not allowed to walk away from the village on your own. If you are a very stubborn person and really want to do some activities without a guide, than you have to pay lots of money, like an insurance, before you leave... Otherwise they won't search for you if you're missing... And all this is because of the polar bears.
I'll collect data in the field almost every day for two months. I will do it somewhere outside of Longyearbyen. The first thing this means is that I most have someone with me, cause you're not allowed to leave town on your own, I think this someone will be a PhD from the university of Lund. The second thing is that I most have a gun with me, cause you're not allowed to leave your home without a gun (they even have lockers on the bank for rifles). The third thing is that I have to do a polar bear theory course, so I have a chance to survive in the field.
The best thing to do if you see a polar bear is to, of course, leave. If you're walking away you should leave something behind, for example a glove (that the polar bear will investigate for some seconds), just to save time... I heard from my supervisor that the first thing you'll learn on the polar bear course is not to be interested... "Don't stay and look, leave!", can someone imagine me leave if I could have a look at a polar bear... I can't!
But please don't be worried; believe it or not, I am a natural talent when it comes to shooting guns!
Next week I'll have a meeting with my supervisor and a professor from Gothenburg, because they have offered me to start a PhD (in swedish: doktorand-utbildning) on the department of plant and environmental science... more about that after the meeting!
I'll collect data in the field almost every day for two months. I will do it somewhere outside of Longyearbyen. The first thing this means is that I most have someone with me, cause you're not allowed to leave town on your own, I think this someone will be a PhD from the university of Lund. The second thing is that I most have a gun with me, cause you're not allowed to leave your home without a gun (they even have lockers on the bank for rifles). The third thing is that I have to do a polar bear theory course, so I have a chance to survive in the field.
The best thing to do if you see a polar bear is to, of course, leave. If you're walking away you should leave something behind, for example a glove (that the polar bear will investigate for some seconds), just to save time... I heard from my supervisor that the first thing you'll learn on the polar bear course is not to be interested... "Don't stay and look, leave!", can someone imagine me leave if I could have a look at a polar bear... I can't!
But please don't be worried; believe it or not, I am a natural talent when it comes to shooting guns!
Next week I'll have a meeting with my supervisor and a professor from Gothenburg, because they have offered me to start a PhD (in swedish: doktorand-utbildning) on the department of plant and environmental science... more about that after the meeting!
January 25, 2011
The project
In my last notice i just acknowledged the svalbard trip. But now it's time for me to explain what my mission on svalbard is...
It was some months ago, I was in Tarfala research station and in Abisko to do a small project. On this trip I realized that the arctic environment is very interesting and also vulnerable for changes. Back in Gothenburg I spoke to some of my teachers about my interest. A few weeks after I recieved an email from a PhD that informed me about a biogeochemical project on Svalbard. I contacted the guy responible for the project and after some discussions about grades and qualifications I was included in a research team.
This project will be my bachelor thesis. I will do feildwork on Svalbard in two months and then go back to Gothenburg for analysis and report writing. The project is a 30 ECTS course and will end in january 2012. In field I will investigate carbon dioxide fluxes from plants. In a simpler way: I will put a glass pot on the ground and continuously check how much carbon dioxide there is in the pot.. The concentration of carbon dioxide will be higher and higher the longer time the glass pot will cover the plants... exciting ha?!
The bigger question is if climate change affects the amount of CO2 fluxes from plants... Which we think is probable, cause the length of the growing season will be longer if the climate becomes warmer...
Hopefully this report I'm writing will be a part of the bigger groups article... If so it will be published, and that's great! The only thing I need to do is to write an amazing article in english and do a very good statistical analysis and find some very good litterture that strengthen my theories and so on... no problems, piece of cake!
That's all from now!
It was some months ago, I was in Tarfala research station and in Abisko to do a small project. On this trip I realized that the arctic environment is very interesting and also vulnerable for changes. Back in Gothenburg I spoke to some of my teachers about my interest. A few weeks after I recieved an email from a PhD that informed me about a biogeochemical project on Svalbard. I contacted the guy responible for the project and after some discussions about grades and qualifications I was included in a research team.
This project will be my bachelor thesis. I will do feildwork on Svalbard in two months and then go back to Gothenburg for analysis and report writing. The project is a 30 ECTS course and will end in january 2012. In field I will investigate carbon dioxide fluxes from plants. In a simpler way: I will put a glass pot on the ground and continuously check how much carbon dioxide there is in the pot.. The concentration of carbon dioxide will be higher and higher the longer time the glass pot will cover the plants... exciting ha?!
The bigger question is if climate change affects the amount of CO2 fluxes from plants... Which we think is probable, cause the length of the growing season will be longer if the climate becomes warmer...
Hopefully this report I'm writing will be a part of the bigger groups article... If so it will be published, and that's great! The only thing I need to do is to write an amazing article in english and do a very good statistical analysis and find some very good litterture that strengthen my theories and so on... no problems, piece of cake!
That's all from now!
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