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Sampling and recon

... million years ago. Henning is cooking dinner today and we are excited. A young Arctic fox visited us on the western plateau. Somewhat timid, but curious. Two muskoxen are hanging out on a plateau nearby.

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Det har varit en varm sommar i Arktis

Det ser man bland annat på de många smältdammarna som bildats ovanpå havsisen och som vi har sett längs vår färd norrut. Men där vi är nu är ...

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The last day together in the field

... sort/tag all fossils. This last day we’ve had wind around 8 m/s, about 10 °C and a cloudless sky. We made a great discovery today – Ben’s hammer was found in the terrain. Naturally we found some fossils – ammonites, clam, and ...

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We reached the North Pole!

Everyone on board, 67 persons, gathered on the bridge to celebrate when the GPS came closer and closer to the latitude 90°N. Oden was smoothly parked ...

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Radiosonde hacking

... the Arctic Ocean 2016 expedition we were planning to launch meteorological radiosondes every six hours, with the data being used both for research and sent to the EUMETNET service for use in initialising forecast models. Unfortunately, ...

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Seismic lines

The last couple of days, we have been busy with seismic lines. This means that Oden is breaking ice in straight lines through heavy, massive ice with ridges while the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. ...

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Visiting Louis S. St-Laurent

Today I was woken as usual around 5 am as my cabin mate, affectionately known as the ‘One Man Riot’ by his colleagues in the Swedish Air Force Meteorology Group, prepared ...

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Measuring aerosol particles

... the properties of aerosols, i.e. tiny particles suspended in the air. Aerosols are very important for the climate because they act as nuclei on which cloud droplets and ice crystals form. The lab. Photo: Åsa Lindgren On board Oden we ...

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Ett pussel med oändligt många bitar

Planeringen av en polarexpedition är lite som att lägga ett pussel med oändligt många bitar. En del bitar är stora och påtagligt dominanta, men ofta hänger en lyckad ...

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Sun dog physics

... and sunny day we have had since leaving Longyearbyen more than a month ago. We had beautiful clear light all day, but late in the afternoon got a spectacular treat – a halo with sun dogs (the bright spots either side of the sun). Both the ...

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This is how researchers reveal the history of the Arctic

... Oden on the Arctic Ocean 2016 expedition, and she explains how they collect samples of sediment to be able to see what the Arctic conditions was millions of years ago and how it has changed until today. Science team on board: Carina ...

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Can we break the ice?

Ice is a complicated and very fascinating material. If you freeze water at home in a freezer, you get a very solid ice cube, that is ...

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På väg söderut

Oden i havsisen. Foto: Åsa Lindgren Nu är vi på väg söderut genom isen ner mot Svalbard och i takt med att vi närmar oss iskanten blir det alltmer liv omkring oss. Gulbruna alger på undersidan av isflaken som Oden bryter upp, ...

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Back in Longyearbyen

Back in Longyearbyen after six weeks. We ended the expedition with some rough waters from the ice edge down to Longyearbyen. This was such a contrast after being in ice most of the last weeks. We are ...

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Med SWERUS-C3 till Arktis

Stockholms universitet har producerat en film om den internationella forskningsexpeditionen SWERUS-C3 med isbrytaren Oden i Arktiska oceanen. Sammanlagt ett ...

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