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The company conducts both teaching and scientific research. The original UNIS building opened in 1995. The new Svalbard Science Centre, designed by Jarmund/Vigsnæs architects, was officially opened on April 26, 2006, by the King and the Queen of Norway. [1] On September 2, 2009, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon visited ...
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Longyearbyen (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɛrˌbyːən], [1] locally [ˈlɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən], "Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000, and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway.
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen was established in 1993 and offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses to 350 students. [15] The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a " doomsday " seedbank to store seeds from as many of the world's crop varieties and their botanical wild relatives as possible.
Instructure, Inc. was created to support the continued development of a learning management system known as Canvas or Canvas LMS, formally Instructure; once incorporated, the founders changed the name of the software from Instructure to Canvas. The Utah-based company tested the learning management system at several local schools, including Utah ...
Today its character reflects that of Svalbard's more mixed economy (tourism, research and mining) with two guesthouses (Guesthouse 102 [2] and Spitsbergen Guesthouse [3]) utilising the former miners' barracks, as well as being home to the Svalbard Art Gallery & Craft Centre, [4] and nearby is the Huset restaurant, club and cinema. [5]
Shares of apparel retailer Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) soared on Wednesday after the company reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter of 2025. As of 11:30 a.m. ET, Urban ...
Canvas Holidays is a company which offers camping holidays across Europe. Founded 50 years ago by the Cuthbert family, it was the pioneer in the sited tent market. Canvas Holidays - which has its headquarters in Dunfermline , Scotland - has campsites in a variety of countries in Europe, including France, Italy, Croatia and Spain.