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JASE

  • 1 November 2007 - 31 January 2008
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Four Swedish tracked vehicles traveled from the Swedish research station Wasa in Dronning Maud Land towards the Japanese research station Syowa. At the same time, four Japanese tracked vehicle traveled in the opposite direction. The convoys met...

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IceCube 2007/08

  • 1 November 2007 - 28 February 2008
  • 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. Researchers deployed light detectors deep in the clear ice to capture the light that is sometimes emitted when neutrinos pass through ice.

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MARA 2006/07

  • 1 January 2007 - 3 February 2007
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Aerosol measurements was made at Wasa using a moveable atmospheric radar system (MARA).

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Oden Southern Ocean 2006/07

  • 12 December 2006 - 28 December 2006
  • Southern Ocean
  • 10 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

One new feature this season was that the Swedish icebreaker Oden made a unique voyage, sailing to Antarctica for the first time after having been used in numerous polar research expeditions as a successful research platform in the Arctic.

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DML 2006/07

  • 1 November 2006 - 31 January 2007
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 3 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

A great deal of the work at the Wasa and Svea stations this season consisted of preparations for a Swedish-Japanese glaciological traverse (JASE) in 2007/08.

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IceCube 2006/07

  • 1 November 2006 - 1 November 2007
  • 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.

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DML 2005/06

  • 29 November 2005 - 30 December 2005
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

GPS site Svea – a Swedish reference station in Heimefrontfjella, Dronning Maud Land.

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Isla de los Estados

  • 28 November 2005 - 16 December 2005
  • Tierra del Fuego
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The expedition in November–December 2005 to Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) off the south-eastern tip of South America was a cooperative venture between Lund University and Stockholm University in Sweden and the CADIC-CONICET institute in...

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EPICA 2005/06

  • 3 November 2005 - 8 February 2006
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The deep ice core drilling project at the German Kohnen Station in Dronning Maud Land was part of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), which started in 1996.

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IceCube 2005/06

  • 1 November 2005 - 1 February 2006
  • The South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) was the forerunner of what today is IceCube – the world's largest neutrino telescope.

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DML 2004/05

  • 5 November 2004 - 1 December 2004
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 5 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

This season's research in Dronning Maud Land lasted from November to December 2004. A dozen people; researchers, expedition management and technical personnel, participated in the expedition.

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AMANDA 2004/05

  • 1 November 2004 - 31 January 2005
  • The South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) was a pilot project and forerunner of what today is IceCube – the world's largest telescope for cosmic neutrinos.

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EPICA 2004/05

  • 1 November 2004 - 28 February 2005
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 0 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

Det framgångsrika europeiska samarbetsprojektet mellan tio länder fortsatte med borrningar av två djupkärnor från den antarktiska inlandsisen.

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UV radiation effects on benthic primary producers

  • 1 October 2004 - 31 December 2004
  • King George Island
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The overall objective of this study was the estimation of the early, mid- and long-term effects of ultraviolet radiation on the succession of benthic primary producers in the presence or absence of grazers.

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EPICA 2003/04

  • 1 December 2003 - 31 January 2004
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The successful European cooperation project between ten countries continued with the drilling of two ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet.

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DML 2003/04

  • 1 November 2003 - 29 February 2004
  • Dronning Maud Land
  • 6 cruise reports
  • 0 blog post

The research during DML 2003/04 was mainly focused on glaciology, atmosphere physics, ecology and chemical meteorology.

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AMANDA 2003/04

  • 1 November 2003 - 31 January 2004
  • The South Pole
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

During the 2003/04 Antarctic season four Swedish researchers did maintenace work on the detector at the South Pole.

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King George Island

  • 1 November 2003 - 29 February 2004
  • King George Island
  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

The overall objective of this study was the estimation of the early, mid- and long-term effects of ultraviolet radiation on the succession of benthic primary producers in the presence or absence of grazers.

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EPICA 2002/03

  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

During the 2002/03 season Sweden participated in EPICA with a drill technician, who was stationed at the German Kohnen station.

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AMANDA 2002/03

  • 1 cruise report
  • 0 blog post

AMANDA (Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array) was a collaboration project between Sweden, USA, Germany and Belgium and was the precursor to the neutrino telescope IceCube.

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