Name: Lantern Lecture: Creeping risks of the Arctic: How Svalbard Science can help us to see, understand and adapt
Start: 2026-01-12T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-12T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Svalbard Museum

Lantern Lecture: Creeping risks of the Arctic: How Svalbard Science can help us to see, understand and adapt

Is the Arctic a sensor of physical, chemical and biological risks for the Earth? Svalbard is an unique location to create understanding of the on-going processes.
Gijs Breedveld, Head of the department of Arctic Technology and Research leader at UNIS. He is trained as environmental engineer and has been studying the risks contaminants pose for humans and the environment. His studies have focussed on the complex relationship between global and local human activities on the Arctic terrestrial ecosystem.
Where: Svalbard Museum, Vei 231 - 1, Forskningsparken SJ, Longyearbyen 9170
When: Monday 12 January 2026, 18:00 - 19:00
Please note: this lecture will be hosted in English