Discover the highlights from the 2024 NVP Summer School in Svalbard, where PhD students and postdocs from 13 countries explored the interconnectivity of the Arctic, Antarctic, and Himalayas to tackle global environmental challenges.

The NVP summer school gathered lecturers and students to delve into the complexities of the changing Arctic landscape.

After a long wait, which included a pandemic, we could finally again invite students to the NVP International Summer School in Longyearbyen on 17–26 June.

It is with a heavy heart that the Academy Board has decided to cancel the NVP International Summer School 2021 and postpone to summer 2022.

As previously informed, The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research decided to cancel the 2020 International Summer School and postpone to 2021 due to the global outbreak of Covid-19.

During the last days, there has been rapid development in the situation regarding the Coronavirus. Health and safety is of the highest priority all around the world.

This article is the final result of the “The Arctic and the marginal ice zone (MIZ): Interdisciplinary research, management, practices and policy developments” summer school, held in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in August 2017.

During the last board meeting, it was decided that the academy will move forward with the organization of the NVP’s International Summer School 2020.