The next sub-project in Polar Connect is now being launched, where five Nordic actors are coming together to secure the global digital infrastructure of the future.
Since September, Margareta Johansson is the new Head of Department for Land-Based Research Support at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat with responsibility for the Abisko Scientific Research Station and the Wasa and Svea research stations in Antarctica. She has 25 years of experience in polar research and research infrastructure.
Researchers on the GEOEO North of Greenland expedition returned from northern Greenland in September with more samples than they expected. The expedition aimed to study how Greenland's biodiversity has changed over time, focusing on the effects of climate change and human activity.
On 6 November in Kiruna, the Swedish Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic was established. This collaborative organisation between Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat will coordinate national and international activities that strengthen Swedish research and education related to the polar regions.
The Swedish Research Council (VR) has funded four modules of National Research Infrastructures onboard I/B Oden, and there is now an opportunity to apply for extending the infrastructure one more period.
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The application for SWERVE funding of 2025 and 2026 ship time is now open! SWERVE coordinates an open call for ship time, whereby high-quality research proposals will be allocated ship time on one of six SWERVE vessels.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
