Some people go on Erasmus to Paris, Heidelberg, or Lisbon during their studies. I almost applied for a semester in Denmark a few years ago, but my first major student exchange was actually… going to the pole. The North Pole.

I mean, the North Pole is a dot in the ocean/on the ice, so not the pole itself, but an archipelago called Svalbard. For many people in Poland, it is better known as Spitsbergen – that is the name of its largest island. But yes, that is where the Stanisław Siedlecki Polish Polar Station in Hornsund is located, that is where polar bears live, and that is where I studied for six weeks. Cool, right? Come on, you’ll find out more.