29 Dec 2023 Field trip to Utpostarne

25 Dec 2023 Busy days at Wasa

22 Dec 2023 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Wasa!

19 Dec 2023 The team is complete

14 Dec 2023 Wasa is open for the season

12 Dec 2023 Time for a new Swedish Antarctic expedition

During this year's Antarctic expedition DML 2023/24, which the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat organises, a project is participating where the researchers seek to answer how Antarctica will develop in a future with a warmer climate. Part of the answer lies in the bedrock and erratics deposited by the ice sheet.

06 Dec 2023 Unique data from the start of the melt season in the Arctic

An expedition that was characterized by excellent cooperation, curious polar bears, tough ice conditions and extensive collection of valuable data. Chief Scientist Michael Tjernström sums up the Oden expedition ARTofMELT, carried out in the Arctic Ocean during May and June this year.

06 Dec 2023 Housed in tents pending better flying conditions

30 Nov 2023 Training in steep terrain

After the first field course held in Abisko in March 2023, it was time for a follow-up. This time, the training took place in the Stockholm area. Over three days in October, participants practised, among other things, safety in steep terrain.

26 Oct 2023 Field studies on Svalbard help understand the landscape on Mars

During the summer of 2023, Andreas Johnsson, a geomorphologist at the University of Gothenburg, visited Svalbard. The goal was to study similarities with Mars's landscape and how the island group is affected by global warming. Andreas Johnsson has conducted field studies in the area 13 times, and it is time for new measurements next year.

31 Aug 2023 “It is a great environment to learn and gain new perspectives”

Sonja Gindorf, PhD student at the Department of Environmental Sciences (ACES) at Stockholm University, just finished the Arctic Ocean Research Cruise 2023 with RV Kronpins Haakon. She was one of two Swedish researchers selected through an open call by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.