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Ocean forced melting of the West Antarctic ice shelves

  • 29 January 2019 - 15 March 2019
  • Amundsen Sea
  • 0 cruise reports
  • 6 blog post

In the winter of 2019, polar researchers from the University of Gothenburg will participate in a research expedition to the Amundsen Sea. The expedition is part of a U.S.-British research programme called the International Thwaites Glacier...

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MAGIC-DML 2017/18

  • 15 December 2017 - 10 February 2018
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 25 blog post

MAGIC-DML is an international research collaboration studying ice sheet volume changes in Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica.

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Methane and carbon dioxide measurements in the Ross Sea

  • 10 April 2017 - 10 June 2017
  • Ross Sea
  • 0 cruise reports
  • 1 blog post

Researchers from Stockholm University have been invited to participate in the Polynyas, ice production, and seasonal evolution in the Ross Sea (PIPERS) expedition on board the U.S. icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer.

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ACE

  • 26 February 2017 - 19 March 2017
  • Southern Ocean
  • 1 cruise report
  • 1 blog post

Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) is the first research expedition of the Swiss Polar Institute. The expedition is divided into three legs and the route goes around the entire Antarctic continent.

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MAGIC-DML 2016/17

  • 18 December 2016 - 27 February 2017
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 50 blog post

Measuring, mapping and modelling Antarctic geomorphology and ice change in Dronning Maud Land.

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Araon Amundsen Sea 2015/16

  • 31 December 2015 - 12 February 2016
  • Amundsen Sea
  • 0 cruise reports
  • 4 blog post

Towards a new heat budget for the West Antarctic ice shelves.

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GANOVEX XI

  • 14 December 2015 - 20 February 2016
  • Victoria Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 6 blog post

During the 2015/16 Antarctic season, paleontologists Thomas Mörs and Benjamin Bomfleur, from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, participated in a German research expedition in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Potter Cove

  • 24 November 2015 - 14 February 2016
  • King George Island
  • 1 cruise report
  • 8 blog post

Impact of global warming and ocean acidification on Antarctic microphytobenthos.

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Western Ross Sea

  • 23 January 2015 - 20 March 2015
  • Ross Sea
  • 1 cruise report
  • 15 blog post

In January–March 2015, a researcher from Stockholm University participated in an expedition with the U.S. research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Ross Sea.

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MARA 2014/15

  • 9 January 2015 - 5 February 2015
  • Maitri
  • 1 cruise report
  • 2 blog post

A technician from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna performed maintenance work on the atmospheric radar MARA at the Indian research station Maitri.

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MARA 2013/14

  • 5 January 2014 - 28 February 2014
  • Maitri
  • 1 cruise report
  • 5 blog post

Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica. Research leader: Sheila Kirkwood, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Kiruna.

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Tourism in polar regions

  • 30 December 2013 - 9 January 2014
  • Antarctic Peninsula
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Triangulation of guide-tourist-environment interactions in a polar environment, and its impact on tourist behaviour, experiences and possible environmental impacts.

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Araon Amundsen Sea 2013/14

  • 13 December 2013 - 26 January 2014
  • Amundsen Sea
  • 1 cruise report
  • 6 blog post

A research expedition on board the South Korean icebreaker Araon in the Amundsen Sea. Research leader: Anna Wåhlin, University of Gothenburg.

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Winter sea ice

  • 8 June 2013 - 12 August 2013
  • Southern Ocean
  • 1 cruise report
  • 9 blog post

The missing link in the biogeochemical cycle of organo-halogens in polar areas.

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The Frozen Garden of Eden 2012/13

  • 22 January 2013 - 24 February 2013
  • Seymour Island
  • 1 cruise report
  • 2 blog post

What are the origins of Antarctic Paleogene terrestrial mammals, and do their biodiversity patterns reflect a severe cooling 65–30 Ma?

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IceCube 2012/13

  • 1 January 2013 - 31 January 2013
  • The South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Sweden is part of the international IceCube particle detector program at the South Pole, currently run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sweden has been involved in the construction and research since the start of the AMANDA programme, and...

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MARA 2012/13

  • 19 November 2012 - 11 January 2013
  • Troll
  • 1 cruise report
  • 2 blog post

This season, two researchers from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna continued to make measurements with and maintain the radar equipment at Troll.

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DML 2012/13

  • 15 November 2012 - 31 January 2013
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 2 cruise reports
  • 34 blog post

This season, a re-inventory of permanent test areas for lichens in the Heimefrontfjella and Vestfjella mountain ranges in Dronning Maud Land was conducted.

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Antibiotic resistance in birds 2012/13

  • 1 November 2012 - 30 November 2012
  • South Georgia
  • 1 cruise report
  • 13 blog post

To what extent is the current development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans and domestic animals reflected in the isolated bacteria in wild animals and in nature? This is the central research question in this project.

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Araon Amundsen Sea

  • 31 January 2012 - 20 March 2012
  • Amundsen Sea
  • 1 cruise report
  • 2 blog post

A Swedish researcher will participate in a Korean expedition with the icebreaker Araon to study the circulation of the circumpolar deep water in the Amundsen Sea. The expedition is a Swedish-Korean co-operation in which the researchers share the...

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