Kangerlussuaq
Medan besättning och tekniker lämnade Kangerlussuaq för att flyga till isbrytaren Oden, passade många forskare på att planera in arbetsmöten och utforska området – antingen till ...
From Kangerlussuaq to Thule
... After two nights in Kangerlussuaq I think we know the town. But we certainly do not know the amazing surrounding nature! It is rather spectacular, specifically close to the nearby glacier that contains an ice stream that transports ice ...
Overnight at Constable Point
... have been given 100 rounds of “slugs” by the SPRS. We trained with these during the gun course in May – the idea is that a shotgun is easy to use and the high calibre “slug” will stop a Polar bear dead in its tracks if we find ourselves in a ...
Arrival at Kap Stosch
We flew in two shifts this afternoon from the Danish military airstrip at Mestersvig. We got to Mestervig first by Twin Otter aircraft from Constable Point and then packed our gear onto the ...
Expeditionen har börjat
Forskare och besättning arbetar hårt med att göra all utrustning klar för provtagning. Trots det hårda arbetet så är det många som inte kan låta bli att beundra den ...
Wet and weary
... Warm and dry in the sleeping bag, but it means a muddy introduction to the work, or worse being grounded until the weather clears. We all eventually crept out of our tents and sat in the “lounge room” – the huge central tent where we keep ...
More complicated than we expected
The weather has cleared but it is still chilly. Yesterday was certainly not wasted. We climbed up the nearest peak and circled ...
The fieldwork is about to start
Arctic environments have simple ecosystems, a harsh climate and low human population densities. They are therefore important and useful model systems for evaluating the often ...
Breaking through the sea ice bottle neck of Nares Strait
Oden efter att ha passerat genom ett område med besvärlig havsis. Foto: Martin Jakobsson After leaving Thule Air Base we had a smooth ...
Rich pickings
... on the slope yielded well over 100 specimens of Ophiceras, the most abundant ammonite known from the Wordie Creek Formation. Many of these were also exceptionally preserved, showing the taxonomically important sutures between the internal ...
Over the top #1
... to tackle our second objective, which was to sample the famous “Stegocephalian horizon” on the far side of Stensiö Plateau. This rock layer was the source of numerous temnospondyl amphibian fossils described in the 1930s. We climbed up to ...
Ice tunnels and more fish
... morning resting and packing our fossils for transport back to Sweden. Everything needed to be marked with GPS coordinates, labeled and inventoried so that we have an accurate record for the registers in Uppsala. We have permission from the ...
Over the top #2 – tracks and traces
We trekked to the far side of Stensiö Plateau today (approximately 4 km) to find an access out onto the north facing cliffs along the coast. We are again trying to ...
Mammal observations in Hall Land
I Hall Land. Foto: Åsa Lindgren After settling our camp in Hall Land, our team started the scientific sampling that is essential to be able to measure the ecosystem structure of this very High Arctic site. We set arthropod traps across ...
The first week of the CTD team
... Céline (me) from the University of Gothenburg all joined Oden Wednesday last week. Not knowing when our first CTD station would be, we immediately – well, after fika – started unpacking to be prepared. But first, let me explain to you what ...
Ett månlandskap fullt av liv
... in över området såg det ut som om det bara bestod av gammal sjöbotten och sten utan vidare biologiskt liv. När vi landat frågade piloten oss vad vi skulle göra i denna stenöken, ”här finns ju inte ett liv”. Just då tänkte även jag dessa ...
Giant ammonites
We worked down river as far as the ice tunnel taking GPS waypoints for the most important outcrops. We located some of the older horizons and found parts of giant ammonite, Otoceras, which would have reached the size of a bicycle ...
En resa i historien för att kunna förutspå framtiden
Latitud: 81°4’N Longitud: 61°28’W Hastighet: 4 knop Temperatur: 5 °C Det är nu en vecka sen vi lämnade Thule Air ...
Disaster strikes!
Today started well with a plan to head downstream along the Blue River to sample the Permian strata on the coast. We also wanted to see if we could access a large valley called Otocerasdal, which was our last target for ...
Dagarna går fort i fält
Myskoxe. Foto: Åsa Lindgren Dagarna går fort i fält. Det tar tid att fixa frukost, gå ner till älven för att diska, packa dagspackningen och ge sig av för att kartlägga ekosystemet som ...