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DML 2011/12

  • 5 January 2012 - 26 February 2012
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 7 blog post

The DML Wasa 2011/12 expedition was carried out by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat to continue maintenance work of vehicles and the research station Wasa, make an environmental inventory and train new staff.

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IceCube 2011/12

  • 1 January 2012 - 31 January 2012
  • Amundsen-Scott station
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

IceCube is a neutrino telescope built in the ice at the geographic South Pole, next to the American Amundsen-Scott Station.

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MARA 2011/12

  • 11 November 2011 - 27 February 2012
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 8 blog post

During the 2011/12 Antarctic season the Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica, MARA, was moved from the Swedish research station Wasa to the Norwegian research station Troll.

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Victoria Land

  • 8 November 2011 - 26 November 2011
  • Churchill Mountains
  • 1 cruise report
  • 13 blog post

Hot fossils in a cold land: early Cambrian stem group bilaterian animals from Antarctica.

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Cardiovascular and gastrointestinal control mechanisms

  • 24 October 2011 - 30 November 2011
  • McMurdo Station
  • 1 cruise report
  • 8 blog post

The aim of this project is to study and describe the effects of external stimuli on the cardiovascular system in different fish and reptile species.

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The Frozen Garden of Eden

  • 1 January 2011 - 28 February 2011
  • Seymour Island
  • 1 cruise report
  • 8 blog post

On the hunt for Eocene mammals on Seymour Island.

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IceCube 2010/11

  • 30 November 2010 - 10 February 2011
  • Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

During this season, the large neutrino telescope IceCube at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station was completed.

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MARA 2010/11

  • 29 November 2010 - 1 February 2011
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 3 blog post

Two Swedish researchers were part of the Finnish Antarctic programme, FINNARP, and worked on the Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica (MARA) project at Aboa Station for seven weeks in December and January.

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Oden Southern Ocean 2010/11

  • 26 November 2010 - 17 January 2011
  • Amundsen Sea
  • 9 cruise reports
  • 14 blog post

This year’s expedition, the fifth such, was conducted as a unique joint effort involving the American vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer and the Swedish icebreaker Oden. Researchers had great opportunities to study the Amundsen Sea; one of the least-known...

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LASHIPA 8

  • 1 March 2010 - 31 March 2010
  • South Orkney Islands
  • 1 cruise report
  • 16 blog post

The purpose of the LASHIPA project was to elucidate the historical development of the large-scale exploitation of the polar areas' natural resources that has taken place from the 1600s to the present, and to study its geopolitical and...

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Oden Southern Ocean 2009/10

  • 8 February 2010 - 12 March 2010
  • Southern Ocean
  • 3 cruise reports
  • 15 blog post

For the fourth year in a row, the Oden Southern Ocean cooperative arrangement gave Swedish and American researchers an opportunity to conduct research in the Southern Ocean.

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IceCube 2009/10

  • 1 December 2009 - 31 January 2010
  • South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The IceCube international particle physics project continued at the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole. This season, light detectors were installed down in the clear ice to capture the weak light that is produced when neutrinos react with an...

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Antibiotic resistance in birds 2009/10

  • 1 November 2009 - 31 December 2009
  • Antarctic Peninsula
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Prevalence of antibiotic resistant enterobacteriace in different bird populations in Antarctica.

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MARA 2009/10

  • 1 November 2009 - 15 February 2010
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Measurements of aerosols was made using a movable atmospheric radar system at Wasa as part of the MARA (Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica) project.

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DML 2009/10

  • 1 November 2009 - 15 February 2010
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 0 cruise reports
  • 6 blog post

The main purpose of this season's expedition to Dronning Maud Land and the Swedish research stations Wasa and Svea, was to restore, repair and service machinery, vehicles and buildings. Personnel from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat also...

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LASHIPA 6

  • 1 March 2009 - 31 March 2009
  • South Georgia
  • 1 cruise report
  • 11 blog post

The LASHIPA 6 expedition to the Prince Olav Harbour whaling station at South Georgia was part of the historical-archaeological research project LASHIPA. The aim was to provide new knowledge about one of the most controversial chapters in the...

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IceCube 2008/09

  • 1 December 2008 - 28 February 2009
  • The South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The IceCube international particle physics project continued at the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole. In this project, light detectors were installed down in the clear ice to capture the weak light that is produced when neutrinos react...

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Oden Southern Ocean 2008/09

  • 26 November 2008 - 6 January 2009
  • Southern Ocean
  • 10 cruise reports
  • 13 blog post

For the third season in a row, icebreaker Oden worked in Antarctica.

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MARA 2007/08

  • 4 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Aerosol measurements was made at Wasa using the moveable atmospheric radar system MARA (Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica).

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Oden Southern Ocean 2007/08

  • 29 November 2007 - 7 January 2008
  • Southern Ocean
  • 2 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

During the 2007/08 season, the Swedish icebreaker Oden worked in Antarctica for the second time.

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