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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 31/08/2026

The view from Janssonhaugen on Svalbard. I've seen worse.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 25/08/2026

Autumn colors, out in the field on Svalbard today.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 18/07/2026

Sorry, Freddy! There's coffee in that mug.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 10/07/2026

The Peanut-Butter Platform (pindakaasvloer) by Wim T. Schippers. Yes. That's 390 kg of peanut butter spread out across the floor. Also, the attendant managed to drop her phone on top of it.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 03/07/2026

No rain in Oslo today, according to the Yr weather app! *Looks at map* Are you sure? 🤔

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 21/06/2026

Up in the mountains, the crowberry is flowering. 🌸

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 22/05/2026

Great day to be out in the field. 🐈‍⬛

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 13/05/2026

Tomorrow's a day off! Let's go out and do something fun! (Checks weather). Never mind. 🌧️😭🌧️

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 24/04/2026

I'm trying to write a column that ties together operational navigation charts, prehistoric corpses and climate change, but I keep getting distracted by random photos of Sphagnum. So here's one of my favorites: Sphagnum fuscum (the reddish one). Source: ju-bryophytes.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog...

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 25/03/2026

It was a bit windy in the mountains today... 🌬️⛷️

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 07/03/2026

"Forskerne" (The Researchers) by Edvard Munch. Fun fact: at 50 m2 it's larger than the first apartment I bought.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 30/10/2025

Winter is coming to the Norwegian mountains.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 20/10/2025

Good to be back. It's been too long!

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 03/10/2025

Storm Amy is litterally giving Norway the finger, according to this weekend's forecast. 🌬️

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 22/06/2025

Found some beautiful Drosera rotundifolia on a patch of peat in Oslomarka. 🙂

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 07/05/2025

Just some random evening sky over Oslo. 🖼️

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 29/03/2025

Managed to observe the partial solar eclipse in Oslo today!

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 19/02/2025

The AMAP reports to which I contributed are becoming quite the collection. Read them all at amap.no

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 19/02/2025

Got this in the mail today. Better late than never!

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 12/01/2025

Beautiful inversion over Oslo today. Warmer up here then down in the city. 🌞☃️

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 11/12/2024

The poster hall at AGU may seem intimidating (this is less than half of it) but it's actually the best place to meet people and to discuss the science. #AGU24

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 08/12/2024

Well, the annual meeting of the Permafrost Carbon Network is off to a fresh start! 😉 "How do you feel today?" #AGU24

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 07/10/2024

I've been so lucky to have been rewarded a new research project by the Research Council of Norway! And what better way to celebrate than to write a column about it in today's newspaper? klassekampen.no/utgave/2024-...

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 08/05/2024

It took a while, but it's finally official! I'm now a Senior Researcher in "the field of ecological and hydrological processes and how these interact with climate". I guess I'll just abbreviate that to Ecohydrology, thank you very much. 🙂

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 12/12/2023

If you're at #AGU23 then come over to poster 2233 to learn more about modeling plant hydraulics and frost mortality in the Arctic-Boreal region! I'll be there from 14:00 to 16:00.

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Frans-Jan Parmentier @thissideofthearctic.org · 03/12/2023

Sea smoke from the Oslofjord today, at -11 deg C. 🥶 (Oh, and that little hut is a floating sauna)

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