Hey all! Regina here! I thought it would be a good time for me to write some lines about what's been happening up here and of course the Arctic Technology course! I happen to be the only one (booo) out of the SAMS bachelors gang that is not doing Marine Biology, instead I am doing two modules called "Frozen ground engineering" (AT-205) and "Ice mechanics and loads on structures" (AT-211). Although my mind was set to Geophysics, I have enjoyed the modules so far! Have to say that AT-205 is sometimes a tad terrestrial for me... being separated from the familiar ocean and fjord depth profiles and constantly not having things being described as "marine" has been tough at times but I have learnt a bunch of stuff about the permafrost, snow, and arctic engineering! So far we have had a few short fieldtrips close to Longyearbyen, to the beach and Adventdalen checking out sites of coastal erosion and e.g. The ground temperature measurement station tha...