I’ve been offered a masters in both Beijin and the Arctic Circle and I am not sure where to go. I love nature and the masters in China would involve a lot of field trips, and the campus is situated in Huairou which has a bunch of beautiful hiking areas.
The arctic circle speaks for itself when it comes to the majesty of nature.
The arctic circle would only be for 1 year, whilst China would be for 2.
Both masters are great and interest me deeply.
I deal well with cold, but humidity gets to me. Not so much that it’s a detractor, but if I had to pick a weather I’d go for cold over clammy.
I in part applied to China because it’s the one country that takes climate change seriously, so having some connections there might be good.
Idk where you’re from or where in the arctic circle you’d be going but I’d go with China just to not feel insane for 2 years in regards to the political rhetoric around me, personally.
Plus you’d probably get to see more varried stuff over that time with the transit system and everything I’d imagine? Deserts to the north, mountains and forests to the west, plains and sea to the south and east? (I think).
And someone already mentioned it but you’d be in like a PERRRRFECT spot to check out a lot of China’s really important and old historical sites. If you could take a weekend trip out to Louyang or something like that that’d rule. We’re talking like- 2,000 / 3,000 year old stuff. Terracotta army, birth of Confucianism, 3 Kingdoms era sites. Banger stuff as far as historical sites go.
Obviously I’m working with limited details of your sitch but that’s what comes to mind for me, anyways.