It is still winter in Svalbard, but the light and the sun are back. Again this year, we are taking the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS) to the St Jonsfjord, surrounded by spectacular nature.

A workplace with variations. Looking for whale in the area Andenes/ Bleiksdjupna and Malangsdjupna, brings nature experiences of a special kind.

The university's new research vessel, Beret Paulsdatter, is designed, equipped and suitable for teaching navigation in coastal areas.

This year's April/May trip for the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS) brought experiences for the memory book.

The new coastal vessel will be used, among other things, for teaching and research in geosciences, biology, tool technology and coastal navigation.

Norway will in the following years get a new ice going research vessel, but the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway will at the same time lose the research vessel Helmer Hanssen. "Very unfortunate", says the institute leader according to geoforskning.no.

An article on forskning.no explains how researchers at UiT and NTNU, thanks to an old shipwreck at Svalbard, have been able to test how subsea robots can be used for research purposes.

The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) have published an article on the certification of the RV Helmer Hanssen according to the ISM (International Safety Management) code.

Despite the fact that state vessels are exempt from demands of certification the ship's owner, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, wanted the RV Helmer Hanssen to be certified according to the ISM code.

Advanced measuring instruments aboard the research vessel "Helmer Hanssen" make it possible to make detailed terrain maps of the seabed.