This summer, researchers from Umeå University will go to Svalbard to investigate how vegetation at high latitudes is responding to the exclusion of grazing animals.
Expedition: Pan-Arctic study of the effects of reindeer on tundra vegetation 2017
22 July 2017 - 4 August 2017 Semmeldalen, Svalbard![](https://polarforskningsportalen.se/imagecache/6406d1bb000b276d6f2402007fef3f53/1400/490.jpg?source=http%3A%2F%2Fportalen.polar.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2Fnoa-svalbard-2012-henning-lorenz-ren.jpg)