MARA: Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica
Group of snow petrels attracted by tethered sonde measurements. Photo: Maria Mihalikova Do we really understand the global circulation in the ...
IceCube − the world’s biggest neutrino telescope
A Digital Optical Module (dom) going down. Photo: Klas Hultqvist. What does the dark matter in the universe consist of? There is six times as much dark matter in the universe as there is ...
Neoproterozoic mountain building in southern and central Svalbard
Sketch reconstruction of the late Mesozoic North Atlantic Caledonides showing the Grenville–Sveconorwegian basement distribution: a) theinterpretation ...
Continued data acquisition within the Danish Continental Shelf Project: EAGER 2011 cruise
3D visualization of the multibeam bathymetric data acquired during the EAGER 2011 cruise. These data will be incorporated in the ...
Antibiotic resistant enterobacteriaceae in different bird populations in Antarctica
Adeliepenguin in the leap. Photo: Jonas Bonnedahl To what extent is the current development of antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from humans and livestock reflected ...
IceCube − the neutrino telescope at the South Pole
... enter through the two pillars on either side to reach the computer cluster on the upper floor. Photo: Klas Hultqvist What does the dark matter in the universe consist of? There is six times as much dark matter in the universe than there is ...
Sensitivity of the Greenland Ice Sheet to natural climate change during the last 10,000 years
... in the inner part of Nuup Kangerlua Fjord. Photo: Nicolaj K. Larsen How did the Greenland Ice Sheet respond to natural climate change during the last 10,000 years? This question is interesting because by answering it we may learn how ...
Ice extent in time and space on the Taymyr Peninsula, Arctic Siberia
Digging out and documentation of sediment in a river profile along the Bolshaya Balaknya. Photo: Ívar Örn Benediktsson The Arctic is currently ...
The Chernokrebetnaya River traverse and the tectonic development of the Amerasian Basin
Regional setting and tectonic elements of the Arctic. Note that this is a pre-Tertiary reconstruction in which the Eurasian Basin has not yet opened and the Lomonosov Ridge is restored ...
Using ancient DNA to study the impact of past climate change on Ice Age species
Steppe bison skull found at Camp 3. Photo: Love Dalén The last Ice Age was a period of well-documented and significant climatic change. As such, it ...
The biogeochemical cycle of organo-halogens
Volatile halogenated organic compounds (organohalogens) are ubiquitous trace constituents of the upper oceans and the ...
Inorganic carbon transformation
Rosette-CTD used for water sampling. Photo: Melissa Chierici The aim of this project was to quantitatively investigate the mechanisms driving the ...
Processes driving the CO2 flux in seawater–ice–air and brine
... the CO2 system and the vertical transport of carbon due to gas fluxes and brine release from sea ice. We investigated the sea–ice–air CO2 fluxes, the transport of CO2 between sea ice, brine and underlying water, and addressed questions ...
Epidemic diseases in Antarctic and Arctic seals
... to collect skin and blubber samples for analyses of genetics and contaminants is to take biopsies skiing. Here a crabeater seal is approached. Photo: Jonas Teilmann This program explores processes involved in the evolution of disease ...
Black carbon (soot) and persistent organic pollutants
The icebreaker Oden is primarily a research platform but it is also a good place to have a coffee and meet new friends. Photo: Björn Eriksson Aerosol black carbon (BC) ...
Non-Redfieldian P cycling in the Southern Ocean
Circumpolar Antarctic mode and intermediate waters are important routes for the transfer of heat, freshwater and nutrients between high and low latitudes. Data ...
Biophysical variability in the Southern Ocean
The overarching objective of this project was to investigate physical and biogeochemical variability in the Amundsen and Ross Seas, two regions which show contrasting responses ...
Controls on climate active gases by Amundsen Sea ice biota
It is confirmed that polar regions are changing rapidly in response to human activities. Changes in sea ice extent and thickness will have ...
LASHIPA 6 – archaeological field investigations of whaling stations at South Georgia
Cultural heritage or environmental hazard? The South Georgia whaling stations contain important historical information, but also asbestos which makes it necessary to wear protection clothes and ...
The neutrino telescope IceCube at the South Pole
The figure shows two DOMs on their way down the hole. The water level is about 50 m below the surface. Photo: Mark Krasberg The aim of IceCube The AMANDA collaboration ...