Although the end of winter and Longyearbyen’s transition from a snowy wonderland to a full-blown mud fest is something not many locals or visitors look forward to, this year it came with a treat – the opening of A Litter Bit of Heaven: Arctic Marine Litter Exhibition, a creative spin-off…
The opportunity to share with a wider audience what and what for the forScience team actually does in the Arctic came in January 2024, during the kick-off meeting of project ICEBERG. It was then that we were first told just how well our work fits with the Atlantic & Arctic…
Here it is at last! The official report from the Interdisciplinary Polar Studies (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting: Arctic Amplification–Glaciers–Environment, which took place over six days at the end of August and the beginning of September last year in Svalbard. Fancy reading it? Click here. The event was organized by the Centre…
We’ve got it! Another grant from Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund, which means another season in Svalbard, another exciting challenge and another amazing Arctic adventure. Twice a year, Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund allocates funds for the execution of projects that benefit the natural environment and cultural heritage of Svalbard. The fund’s revenue…
In 2021, the forScience Foundation happily accepted an invitation to become part of the Future project – a remarkable educational initiative launched by the Innovation Lab of High School no. 3 in Gdynia, Poland. The project focused on various aspects of futurology, which is a branch of social sciences aiming…