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After one week above 0 degrees the temperature finally decreased below -5 degrees, but we were still wondering to report (again) our expedition to the ice caves. The temperatures, too high, could make the way up dangerous with greater avalanche risks and a bit difficult because of wet feet risks… The Sunday morning everyone met downstairs at Sjøskrenten (our accommodation), all ready with...

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Hello from the Spring crew: the safety course edition.

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Hey everyone! Ivan here for the first post of this wonderful spring semester at UNIS. The first few weeks have been a blur, so we’d inadvertently abandoned this poor blog. But now that lectures are getting more intense and the workload is picking up we’re probably going to be looking for new and wonderful ways to procrastinate. Like blogging! So you should hear...

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