28 Aug 2024 Field work in the Gunnar Andersson Valley

25 Aug 2024 Measurements in the Victoria Fjord

20 Aug 2024 Greenland muskox

20 Aug 2024 “Luck was on our side”

16 Aug 2024 Helicopter and fieldwork

14 Aug 2024 Narval bonanza

12 Aug 2024 Hans Island

10 Aug 2024 Buoys and polar bears

06 Aug 2024 Ready for departure!

28 Jun 2024 Expedition to the Victoria Fjord to increase knowledge of Greenland's melting glaciers

On August 5, the Arctic expedition North of Greenland 2024 starts with 40 researchers on board. The icebreaker Oden will then go from Thule to Victoria Fjord in northern Greenland to acquire more knowledge about the future of the northern Greenland ice sheet and how it can affect the global sea level.

19 Jun 2024 Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic 6–7 November – Save the date!

In Kiruna on 6–7 November, the conference Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic will be held on the theme of Raising the Ambition of Swedish Polar Research.

13 Jun 2024 Technical requirement for new polar research vessel

Due to the government's ongoing investigation regarding the acquisition of a new polar research vessel, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has now presented a Technical requirement specification for the new vessel.

28 May 2024 Sweden becomes the new hub for European polar research

The European Polar Board (EPB) and the future European Polar Coordination Office (EPCO) will be in Umeå, Sweden, from 2025 to 2029. The relocation from the Netherlands to the Arctic significantly strengthens the foundation of Sweden's Arctic research coordination and regional policy development.

06 May 2024 Research Strategy for Antarctica

On 30 April 2024, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat delivered a proposal for a research strategy for Antarctica on behalf of the Department of Education. The proposal has been prepared by the Polar Research Secretariat in collaboration with the Center for the Arctic and Antarctic (CAA) at Luleå University of Technology. The goal of the research strategy is to raise Sweden's level of ambition as an active research nation in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean by strengthening ongoing research and initiating new collaborations and activities.

19 Apr 2024 POLARIN: new collaboration in infrastructure for polar research

On April 17–19, a kick-off for the project POLARIN, Polar Research Infrastructure Network, will be held in Bremerhaven, Germany. POLARIN is an EU-funded network where the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is one of 50 organizations from 20 countries that provides access to 64 infrastructures in the Arctic and Antarctic.