Oden Southern Ocean 2008/09 - expedition summary
The 2008/09 Oden Southern Ocean expedition to the Amundsen Sea was the third Antarctic scientific expedition coordinated by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and the Swedish Research Council.
The focus of the cruise was on improving knowledge of fundamental processes governing the distribution and production of greenhouse gases (halocarbons and CO2), as well as studying the dynamics and evolution of epidemic diseases in seals. In addition a physical oceanographic project aimed to investigate the influence of glacier melt water on the water mass structure in the Amundsen Sea.
The ship left Montevideo, Uruguay, on the 26th of November 2008 and reached McMurdo station in the Ross Sea on the 6th of January 2009. Most sampling stations were occupied in the Amundsen Sea and some stations were performed along a transect in the Ross Sea towards McMurdo Sound. During the course of the cruise thirteen 8-hour ice stations were occupied, as well as four 24-hour stations. On 44 stations the water column was sampled for the analysis of chemical and biological properties. Sea ice cover was the primary factor in determining the positions of the stations. Two participants from polar teacher programmes were also onboard, taking part in different research projects.
Date
26 November 2008–6 January 2009
Participants
Co-chief scientist
Katarina Abrahamsson
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Co-chief scientist
Walker Smith
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA
Principal investigator
Göran Björk*
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Principal investigator
Jay Brandes*
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Principal investigator
Melissa Chierici
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Principal investigator
Mark Dennett*
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Principal investigator
Agneta Fransson
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Principal investigator
Tero Härkönen
Department of Ecotoxicology/Contaminant Research, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Principal investigator
Ellery Ingall
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Principal investigator
Henrik Kylin
Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden
Principal investigator
Raymond Sambrotto
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Palisades, New York, USA
Principal investigator
Sharon Stammerjohn*
Ocean Sciences Department, University of California
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Principal investigator
Patricia Yager
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Principal investigator
Xiaojun Yuan
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Palisades, New York, USA
Marja Andersson
Science and Technology for all Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Stockholm, Sweden
Kevin Bakker
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Daniel Barrdahl
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Julia Diaz
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Johan Engelbrektsson
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Björn Eriksson
Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University
Sweden
Brett Heimlich
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
Olle Karlsson
Department of Ecotoxicology/Contaminant Research, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Hanna Kylin
Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden
Bengt Liljebladh
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Per Loftås
Vrinnevi Hospital
Norrköping, Sweden
Jeremy Lucke
Raytheon Polar Services
Centennial, Colorado, USA
Alexandra Mass
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, USA
My Mattsdotter
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Erik Mattsson
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Madeleine Nilsson
Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Christian Nohr
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
Kevin Pedigo
Raytheon Polar Services
Centennial, Colorado, USA
Jeffrey Peneston
PolarTRE C Teachers Programme, Liverpool High School
Liverpool, New York, USA
Karie Sines
Raytheon Polar Services
Centennial, Colorado, USA
Kris Swenson
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Palisades, NY, USA
Jonas Teilmann
National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University
Denmark
Anna Wåhlin
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Sweden
*Not participating in the expedition