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Viruses that hitchhike or kill

23 Sep 2022 Viruses that hitchhike or kill

In the oceans, there are viruses that infect bacteria. Even though they have a major impact on our ecosystems, the research in this area is limited, especially from Arctic environments. Researchers who participated in the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition are currently studying this. They want to understand how environmental pollution and climate change affect viruses, bacteria, and ecosystems in the future.

From sea to cloud – what happens in the Arctic atmosphere?

13 Sep 2022 From sea to cloud – what happens in the Arctic atmosphere?

To explain the reasons for the rapid warming in the Arctic, measurements of the atmosphere are needed. On the icebreaker Oden, researchers within the ACAS project have developed an atmospheric observatory to be able to study factors such as changes in clouds and the interactions between the surface and the atmosphere.

Wrapping up a fast-paced field season in Abisko

05 Sep 2022 Wrapping up a fast-paced field season in Abisko

After more than two years of travel restrictions and limited field research activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Abisko Scientific Research Station is finally back to full speed. The summer of 2022 has been one of the busiest summers in the history of the research station, with the station constantly at – or beyond – full capacity, June through September.

Microorganism shell acts as a time capsule

30 Aug 2022 Microorganism shell acts as a time capsule

At the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, empty shells from dead foraminifera, microscopic single-celled organisms, accumulate. The calcium carbonate shells can be compared to time capsules because the million-year-old fossils can provide valuable information about climate change. During the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition with the icebreaker Oden, one of the projects was about documenting these organisms.

Over 100 years of meteorological measurements in Abisko

12 May 2022 Over 100 years of meteorological measurements in Abisko

Abisko Scientific Research Station was built in 1912 after the research station in Katterjokk burned down. The following year, the meteorological measurements were started, and for several decades data has been collected on behalf of SMHI. The over one-hundred-year long series of measurements has qualified the measuring station as a Centennial Observing Station, an award given by the World Meteorological Organization WMO.

Bacterial respiration and abundance affect life in the Arctic Ocean

11 Mar 2022 Bacterial respiration and abundance affect life in the Arctic Ocean

What is the abundance, diversity, growth rate and respiration of Bacteria and Archea in the Arctic Ocean ecosystem? This is the question Johan Wikner, Professor in Ecology at Umeå University, and his team studied during the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition with the icebreaker Oden.

Antarctic organisations launch fellowship and scholarship opportunities

02 Mar 2022 Antarctic organisations launch fellowship and scholarship opportunities

The COMNAP, IAATO & SCAR Fellowships

"I pay attention to details and am alert to what is around me. Always with an eye for rocks, lines and dots."

01 Feb 2022 "I pay attention to details and am alert to what is around me. Always with an eye for rocks, lines and dots."

It's time to welcome an artist to a research expedition with the icebreaker Oden! The visual artist Cecilia Cissi Hultman will participate in ArcOP 2022 to the Arctic Ocean. She received the news while in Berlin.

Swedish researchers make new measurements of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

17 Dec 2021 Swedish researchers make new measurements of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

Anna Wåhlin is a professor of Oceanography at the University of Gothenburg. In January, she will participate in an expedition on the American research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer. The goal is to continue research on what happens beneath one of the largest floating glaciers in Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier, using the autonomous underwater vehicle Ran.

The bedrock can tell how Antarctica has changed

22 Nov 2021 The bedrock can tell how Antarctica has changed

Two research projects are participating during this year's Antarctic Expedition DML 2021/22, which the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat organises. One of these projects is looking for answers to how Antarctica will develop in a future warmer climate. Part of the answer lies in bedrock and moving blocks that the ice sheet brought with it.

Expedition will validate satellite measurements of the Antarctic ice sheet

01 Nov 2021 Expedition will validate satellite measurements of the Antarctic ice sheet

Ian Brown, Associate professor in Earth Observation at Stockholm University, leads one of two research groups that will conduct an expedition in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, starting in December. The goal is to better understand the uncertainty in satellite measurements of the ice sheet and what it depends on.

"We will continue training in Antarctica"

25 Oct 2021 "We will continue training in Antarctica"

An extensive field course was recently held at Abisko Scientific Research Station as part of the preparations for the Antarctic expedition DML 2021/22. The five-day field course is mandatory for those participating in the expedition.

Wasa has been equipped with living modules for fieldwork

25 Oct 2021 Wasa has been equipped with living modules for fieldwork

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has equipped the Antarctic research station Wasa with three living modules. The living modules offer fast protection against weather and wind, a warm sleeping place, the opportunity to heat food and load technical equipment.

Invitation to workshop – expedition ARTofMELT 2023

30 Sep 2021 Invitation to workshop – expedition ARTofMELT 2023

Researchers interested in the ARTofMELT 2023 expedition with the icebreaker Oden have the opportunity to participate in a digital workshop 9–10 November 2021. The expedition is centred on atmospheric rivers (AR’s), intrusions of warm air into the Arctic, and their role for the onset of summer sea-ice melt.

"Our observations can improve global climate models"

17 Sep 2021 "Our observations can improve global climate models"

Marcel du Plessis works as a postdoc in Physical Oceanography at the University of Gothenburg. In December, he and three colleagues will travel with the South African icebreaker S.A. Agulhas II to the Weddell Sea which is part of the Antarctic Ocean.

Press release: 30th anniversary of the icebreaker Oden at the North Pole

17 Aug 2021 Press release: 30th anniversary of the icebreaker Oden at the North Pole

Yesterday, 16 August at 20:46 UTC, the Swedish icebreaker Oden arrived at the North Pole for the tenth time. The first visit was made in 1991 when Oden was the first non-nuclear-powered ship to reach the North Pole together with the German research icebreaker Polarstern. Since then, Oden has been to the North Pole in 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2018.

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