Hei! Boo here... I started writing this as we waited to hear whether we were being evacuated from the student barracks up here in Nybyen; a big storm was about to hit Longyearbyen (with 80mph winds and 50-100mm of rainfall expected). With unseasonably warm weather and land saturated with water from a storm a few weeks ago which triggered really bad landslides, more...
Hey, Boo here. I started writing this blog post at the beginning of September, but have kept trying to make the most of the daylight and kept putting off finishing this post, so many apologies that it's so late! Since my last post: I have been away on a cruise, had a week long MATLAB course, spent a couple of weeks doing data...
Hey! It's Kirsty here, first of all I should apologise for taking so long to write a post for the blog so to make up for it I feel like this post might be a bit long. (I would recommend getting a cup of tea about now). It's just over a month since I first arrived in Longyearbyen and all ready I am...
So much luggage! Unfortunately you've just got me (Boo) to hear from for this week as Kirsty and Katharina don't arrive until this weekend. This blog is a bit early too as I'm off on a cruise first thing tomorrow morning, more about that later. I've been here for nearly a week now but it feels like forever! Getting to Svalbard I flew...
