... penguin guards the already thick twins. Photo: Anders Torstensson Mikael measures the photosynthetic efficiency of aquatic algae in a meltwater stream. Photo: Anders Torstensson Curious adélie penguins and south polar skua are often with us ...
... is falling in all directions. Photo: Anders Torstensson Air and carbon dioxide are bubbled into our samples to simulate ocean acidification. Photo: Anders Torstensson
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Read the blog post in Swedish. Sea ice outside the Mario Zucchelli station. Photo: Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera, DLR
... diving team consists of Anders Torstensson and Francesca Pasotti. With the support of the Argentine military divers at Carlini Station we can do our work under the surface. Photo: Anders Torstensson A cylindrical experiment chamber is ...
Read the blog post in Swedish Launch of an Argo float. Photo: Povl Abrahamsen The lab is small, but cozy. A historic moment: the first loaf of bread baked on board Araon. ...
... snow slowly melts away during the long summer days. Photo: Anders Torstensson Elephant seals like to play with the waterpump in the moonlight. Photo: Anders Torstensson The Brazilian research station Comandante Ferraz, located two hours ...
Read the blog post in Swedish Iceberg. Photo: Nicole Waite The top buoy of the mooring floats to the surface and is picked up by boat. Photo: Nicole Waite Picking up a mooring. Karen and Anna removes the ...
Arrival at Helliwell Hills. The first part of the expedition team arrived by plane and landed on the glacier. A helicopter was ...
Read the blog post in Swedish. Snowstorm. Photo: Benjamin Bomfleur Thomas Mörs in the ”sample camp and packing station” looking at wood fossil findings. The yellow tent in the background is our tech and lab tent. Photo: Benjamin ...
Read the blog post in Swedish Sampling at one of the meltwater streams near Tres Hermanos. Photo: Mikael Hedblom Benthic diatom mats produce large amounts of ...
... Swedish On the sea ice in the Amundsen Sea. Photo: Anna Wåhlin A top buoy is coming up again after spending two years at 300 meters depth. Photo: Anna Wåhlin The anchors used to keep the moorings submerged – three railroad wheels connected ...
This summer, three Swedish scientists are going to east Greenland to search for hundred million year old fossils. Henning Blom from Uppsala University explains why Greenland is an important place to visit.
In 2015 and 2014 Swedish scientist found fossils on Greenland which shows the area they investigated is a place where some groups of dinosaurs originated from. Now they are going back to east Greenland and hope to find ...
We see lots of indications that there is an increased melting of Greenland ice sheet. If ice would disappear it would have a major impact on ...
Skull of a muskox. Photo: Åsa Lindgren Arctic environments are characterised by a harsh climate, low human population densities and by hosting relatively simple ecosystems. Alterations of Arctic ecosystems may have ...
On 18 July a Swedish researcher will participate in an expedition in the Arctic Ocean with the German research vessel Polarstern. The overarching objective of this ...
Master student Lucy Naud collecting her first sample. Lucy will use modern genetic techniques to look at how Arctic herbivores such as reindeer and hares are using different plant species. Photo: Fredrik Dalerum The second ...
... You might have noticed how wild animals have a curious way of appearing when you least expect it, which is exactly what happened during my second day in the field at a location close to Riksgränsen. Christine and the wolverine family. ...
... four of us arrived in Constable Point in Greenland. We are technician Lasse, from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, and researchers Benjamin Kear, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki and Henning Blom, from Uppsala University. The journey went as ...
