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Student from United Kingdom explores Northern Finland

Emilia Mariaana Battersby grew up in Worthing, on the South coast of England. With Finnish roots on her Mother’s side, she had many opportunities over the pa...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Arctic Studies Program attracts French Canadian

Jacinthe Briand-racine from Montreal studies social anthropology at Laval University in Quebec City. In her third year she thought it would be a good exp...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Student seeks to explore northern Finland through studies

Alexandra Bernhardt was in her third year of studies at University of Giessen in Germany before she left to explore Scandinavia. With a major in geography an...

Mon, Mar 08, 2010

German student intrigued to pursue studying the Arctic through the Arctic Studies Program

Thomas Pollmann is an Artic Studies Program (ASP) student from Giessen, Hesse, Germany. After finishing up his intermediate exam with a focus on Spatial Plan...

Mon, Jan 04, 2010

Arctic Studies Program attracts Canadian student from Ontario

Aubyn O’Grady from Pembroke, Ontario, Canada majors in Geography at Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, she is taking the Arctic Studies Program (...

Tue, Nov 24, 2009

The North becomes home for Student from Germany

Something about the North keeps Nikolas Sellheim coming back.

Thu, May 28, 2009

Harry Borlase: UArctic’s All-Around Student

If UArctic had a prom Harry Borlase would be elected Prom King.

Thu, May 21, 2009

BCS Student from the Yukon soon to Graduate!

Anna Crawford has been a UArctic student since the beginning.

Thu, May 14, 2009

Student from Canada Discovers Finland

With a name like Moses Hernandez, one wouldn’t expect him to be from the North.

Mon, Mar 02, 2009

Student from Nunavut Finds Home in Finland

Ashley Tufts is nearly 4000 kilometres from her home in Nunavut, but feels more comfortable studying in Finland, than back in Canada.

Tue, Nov 25, 2008

ASP Student Finds His Future In Rovaniemi!

When Nikolas Sellheim arrived in Rovaniemi, Finland for the first time in September 2007, he knew he was in exactly the right place. Although the 27 year...

Thu, Apr 03, 2008

Going North: a student's story

One could think that there’s nothing more different than a bustling Indian metropolis and a Finnish city located only kilometres away from the...

Mon, Sep 03, 2007

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