Pretty cool program out of Norway where geology and geophysics masters students can take avy safety courses through their school to gain a grounding in the physical processes leading to snow avalanches and the technical solutions for avalanche protection for society and infrastructure. In a country with loads of high risk avalanche zones close to populated areas, its important for future decision makers to have field based knowledge to assess terrain for avalanche dangers before building structures and roads.

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