SAMS student Regina Huttunen helping carry out ice experiments in the Arctic.
Funding is available for young Arctic-bound explorers. Anyone aged under 30, who is living or studying in Scotland can apply for help from the Scottish Arctic Expedition Fund if they are going travelling, mountaineering, exploring or studying. Each year, the fund gives grants to individuals and expeditions and the deadline for applications is coming up soon on January 31.
In the past, it has helped undergraduates and PhD students from the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) at Dunstaffnage. One of those was Regina Huttuten, a fourth-year student writing her dissertation on the oceanography of the Barents Sea and hoping to return to the University Centre in Svalbard in the next couple of years.