The Svalbard REU Program: A High-Latitude Undergraduate Research Experience in Glacial, Marine, and Lacustrine Processes Relevant to Arctic Climate Change

• Main Authors: Steve Roof, Al Werner, Julie Brigham-Grette, Ross Powell, Mike Retelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Oceanography Society 2011
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; International Polar Year; IPY; REU; undergraduate research experiences; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Reu; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Climate change; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/d7504d8c1908446784df84ded96de50b

The Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, initiated in 2003, provides a unique, field-based research experience for US undergraduates in Arctic Quaternary geology and climate change. The Svalbard archipelago, between 74° and 81°N latitude in the North Atlantic, lies at the n...