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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Aug 23

Got to see this beautiful replica od De Witte Swaen, the expedition ship on which Willem Barentsz sailed to Bear Island, Svalbard and Nova Zembla in 1596. #history #sail2025 #polarexploration

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Leerzaam is het wel, zo'n oude auto..
#vw #t3

Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Aug 16

Oh oh Terso
#terschelling

Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 31

SHRUB! You dig? ;) #tundra #shrub #dendrochronology #svalbard #salixpolaris

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 30

Stuck in traffic.. #rushhour #longyearbyen #svalbard #barnaclegeese

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 21

#pastis, #petanque and #polarbears in Ny-Ålesund

#svalbard #arctic #ny-alesund

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 8

One of the only Salix lanata individuals on #Svalbard.

#arctic #plant #flora #higharctic #willow #rarespecies #ecology

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 6

Abundance!

#garden #veggies #harvest #nodig #allotment

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 6

Some new #photo and #artwork blogs after a recent work/family trip to #Iceland

www.runamagnusson.com

#mountains #hike #flora #linocut #printmaking #waterfall

Rúna Magnússon

www.runamagnusson.com

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jul 4

#campervan

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jun 23

Still one of my favourite places in town #Reykjavík #hólavallagarður #cemetary #Iceland

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jun 17

Some new lino's + aquarel. Turns out aligning coloured layers of lino is not my strong suit, and the subtle colours of aquarel paint made more sense anyway....
Gerðuberg, Iceland
#linocut #aquarel #printmaking #iceland #mountains

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jun 16

A very beautiful Salix polaris micro thin cross-section under our mixroscope today! #dendrochronology #arctic #shrub #svalbard #climatechange #willow #wood #microscope #treerings

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Jun 15

Gardening season is in full swing #garden #veggies #flowers #allotment

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 28

Always a fun little challenge in High Arctic spring; finding the first flowers of Saxifraga oppositifolia. These ones were in Endalen, #svalbard.

#arctic #flora #ecology #fieldwork #saxifraga

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 28

That's wonderful to know, thank you :)

Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 26

#longyearbyen #svalbard #spring

Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 26

Ah no, not those things, sorry! :) but we do measure lots of root and microbial biomassa, glomalin, soil physical proporties..

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 21

Absolutely! In these permafrost monitoring sites we measure aboveground plant community composition and belowground soil communities and structure in relation to thermal insulation. The project also includes a lab experiment and panarctic meta analysis. www.unis.no/project/insu... thanks for asking!

INSULATE

The Arctic is underlain by vast areas of permafrost, holding tremendous amounts of greenhouse gases that may be released into the atmosphere under a warming climate. Driven by rising temperatures…

www.unis.no

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 21

Back on #Svalbard for #fieldwork! I am starting up my student teams, and we began by monitoring snowmelt progression and #permafrost thaw. Thawing has just begane and already we are measuring 30cm of thaw in quite a few places.. We will see how this develops..

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 15

A day with very few appointments and meetings means I can play around with my #arctic #shrub samples in the lab. Why oh why did I choose the tiniest, most difficult species ever (Salix polaris).. I gave up with this sample :) 1mm diameter incl. bark. #treerings #dendrochronology #svalbard

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 11

Life is good...

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · May 6

Mood. #cat #box

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Apr 27

#moestuin moment 🥰

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Rúna @polarwillow.bsky.social · Apr 21

Very very slowly, #mountains appear from the linoleum sheet.. #printmaking #linocut

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