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Barentsburg and stats week

 This was the week of analysing all the data from our field trip as well as getting to grips with the R statistics program. It is a bit like the MATLAB that we use at SAMS. Thankfully my group’s analysis on our data about geese and vegetation has shown something useful, so all that is left is to write up the report and...

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We were so ice-solated

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The majority of us, apart from Mr. Terrestrial, are taking Arctic Technologies focusing on hydrology, climate change and environmental pollution. Which luckily for us included a five day field trip to Petuniabukta just north of Pyramiden!   On Monday we rode the catamaran across the fjord to Pyramiden. We saw sea birds, seals, 3 polar bears (mum and two cubs), and a glacier...

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