So, what have we found in the first couple of days of methane-focused studies? Our first observations of elevated methane levels, about ten times higher than in background seawater, were documented already as we climbed up the steep continental slope at stations in 500 and 250 m depth. This was somewhat of a surprise.
First station done
16 July 2014 | Örjan Gustafsson
After nine days at sea and wrestling our way through the ice, we finally reached our first station on 15 July.
We are in the ice
9 July 2014 | Örjan GustafssonEarly this morning Oden entered the ice at approx. 79°N, 65°E, north of Novaya Zemlya, at the southern entrance of the St. Anna Trough.
A Great Day for the SWERUS-C3 expedition!
6 July 2014 | Örjan GustafssonOn 5 July 2014 at 17:00 local time, an entire 14h ahead of schedule (!), the icebreaker Oden lifted anchor in Tromsöfjord and set course toward the Arctic Ocean. Leg 1 of the Swedish-Russian-US Arctic Ocean Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions (SWERUS-C3), the in total nearly 100-day 70-researcher 2-leg expedition, is on its way.