... Researchers from Stockholm and Uppsala universities are involved in the project, although none worked in Antarctica during the 2011/12 season. Principal investigator Olga Botner Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University ...
The expedition was carried out in close co-operation with the Finnish Antarctic research Programme FINNARP, and the participants stayed at the ...
... ocean circulation in this area is central to our ability to predict the behaviour of the WAIS, the melting of which can in turn affect the global sea level. The Amundsen Sea remains one of the least sampled and understood of the ...
The flow pathways of water through the Arctic landscape are strongly affected by the presence of permafrost, which impedes the flow of groundwater through the ground. Because ...
... Arctic. The study will also provide important information about the Arctic fox’s population dynamics, information that can serve as a basis of comparison for future studies, especially in areas (such as Scandinavia) with greater impacts on ...
... an important factor. For instance, earlier research areas was revisited to study any changes in relation to historical scientific documentation, and modern research methods was applied in these areas and to older research data. The ...
... the icebreaker Oden, an important research platform key to the success of this expedition. Most ASCOS activities was carried out over 40 days in the Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole, while Oden was anchored to drifting sea ice. The ...
... northernmost large terrain in Svalbard, changes taking effect here will most likely propagate southwards, both as physical processes and as economic and political consequences for our societies, making this an issue that needs to be taken ...
... the largest epicontinental seas in the world. The objective was to improve our understanding of the enormous flows of carbon, material, and water that pass through this system on their way from the Siberian tundra to the interior of the ...
... which has a major impact on the world’s climate. Principal investigator Victoria Pease Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University Robert Scott spent much of his career unravelling the mysteries of Arctic geology, and ...
... is frozen year round, and only the topsoil ever thaws. The northern taiga and tundra contain large amounts of organic carbon, and the permafrost serves as a major storehouse of greenhouse gases in the form of frozen-in carbon and sediment. ...
... new reference material for further rephotography and comparison. In this context, photography and its history can play an important role in the study and preservation of a unique wilderness or, in the worst case, the memory of that ...
... Project is to acquire the necessary data in order to document an extension of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with article 76 of the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). During the expedition ...
... this research cruise. Scientific scope of work The main scientific scope of the research cruise was: to study the physical and mechanical properties of sea ice and icebergs, to quantify the characteristics of sea-ice/icebergs drift and the ...
... to establish an environmental surveillance programme to study the impact of the Swedish Antarctic stations on biological diversity in the area. Lichens are practical for use as indicators in environmental surveillance, as they have a broad ...
Previous studies have shown that opportunistic feeders as gulls easily become carriers of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Preliminary results from Kelp Gulls roosting near Ushuaia shows very high levels ...
The expedition was carried out by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in collaboration with the Swedish Polar Research ...
... years old, and lies at a depth of over 3,000 meters. Understanding how the Amerasian Basin was formed is important because it has influenced the tectonic evolution of the surrounding continental shelves and global ocean circulation, which ...
... of the hourly circulation of warm ocean water and meltwater from the glaciers over up to six years. A number of physical processes that can transport warm water in toward the glaciers will be studied using the time series in combination ...
... how ice clouds, which form at a height of 100 km over the poles, are being affected by anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and methane at the earth’s surface, how ozone-rich air from the polar stratosphere mixes with air nearer the ...
