The International Siberian Shelf Study (ISSS-2020) is a Russian-Swedish expedition in which twelve researchers from Stockholm University and the University of Gothenburg participate in an expedition to the East Siberian Arctic Ocean. There, they will study greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, something that can accelerate global warming.

Ryder 2019 is a research expedition on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden to the remote Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland. By mapping the area around the glacier, researchers can find patterns and causes of historical changes of the glacier. This knowledge can help us understand how the marine cryosphere is affected by climate change.

The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) is an international research project aimed at collecting data from the Arctic Ocean for an entire year by letting the research vessel Polarstern drift with the pack ice.

During August-September 2021, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat plans to conduct the Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) expedition in the Arctic Ocean with the Swedish icebreaker Oden. It is part of an international expedition where Oden is one of twelve research vessels that will map the Arctic Ocean in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) and Arctic Marine Solutions (AMS) will jointly conduct an expedition
of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP),
focused on the Arctic Ocean - a key location in global climate change.

Arctic expeditions with the icebreaker Oden are usually carried out from July to September when the sea ice is easiest to get through. But in 2023, the researchers leave in May to get to the Arctic Ocean at the beginning of the melting season. The researchers within ARTofMELT (Atmospheric rivers and the onset of sea ice melt) want to find out, among other things, when the ice starts to melt and what processes are important for the melting process.

Between August and September 2024, the North of Greenland expedition was carried out with IB Oden to northern Greenland and the adjacent Arctic Ocean, including the Lincoln Sea. The expedition is based on the research theme GEOEO, which is carried out within the Polar Research Process.