The sediment on the sea floor is like an archive, it reveals past environmental conditions in the the Arctic history. The researcher Grace Shephard is now on board icebreaker Oden on the Arctic Ocean 2016 expedition, and she explains how they...
Ice is a complicated and very fascinating material. If you freeze water at home in a freezer, you get a very solid ice cube, that is wonderful to use in a cold drink. This is already the first surprising property of ice; it swims on top of water....
Nicke Juuso work as the expedition meteorologist during the expedition Arctic Ocean 2016. In this video he shows what the scientists are doing on board the icebreaker Oden and why they have gone all the way up to the Arctic Ocean. See more clips...
Oden i havsisen. Foto: Åsa Lindgren Nu är vi på väg söderut genom isen ner mot Svalbard och i takt med att vi närmar oss iskanten blir det alltmer liv omkring oss. Gulbruna alger på undersidan av isflaken som Oden bryter upp, kustlabbar,...
Atmosphere scientists on board icebreaker Oden uses weather balloons to make measurements in the air. The measurements can be used for e.g. making weather forecasts. The researcher John Prytherch, from the University of Leeds explains how the...
Back in Longyearbyen after six weeks. We ended the expedition with some rough waters from the ice edge down to Longyearbyen. This was such a contrast after being in ice most of the last weeks. We are all tired, but very happy to have accomplished...
The first of these adaptive radiations ocurred 370 million years ago, when the earliest tetrapods modified their fins into legs and emerged onto dry land. By 250 million years ago this process had reversed, and the tetrapod walking limb was once...
Dronning Maud Land is one of the least studied regions of Antarctica in terms of variations in ice sheet thickness and dynamics. There are plenty of potential study sites in the mountain ranges, whose peaks are sticking up through the ice sheet...
Stockholms universitet har producerat en film om den internationella forskningsexpeditionen SWERUS-C3 med isbrytaren Oden i Arktiska oceanen. Sammanlagt ett 80-tal forskare, i ett svensk-rysk-amerikanskt samarbete, studerade bland annat...
Technicians from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat with fully loaded baggage carts, ready for departure. Photo: Carl Lundberg Everyone at the airport wants to open the aluminum boxes to see what’s in it. Photo: Carl Lundberg Our luggage...
Despite tight connections we managed to get our self and all out luggage to Cape Town. After a day of summer in South Africa we boarded the Antarctica flight this morning and are now at Troll, the Norwegian research station in Antarctica. All...
Summer in Cape Town. Photo: Carl Lundberg Big icebergs floating around in the sea ice. Photo: Carl Lundberg Once in Antarctica we repack our luggage in a Twin Otter, equipped with skis to be able to land in the snow-covered runway. Photo: Carl...
A magnificent example of 10 centimeters-error. Stefan, not angry, not sad, just disappointed. Photo: Carl Lundberg The first time is too hard for many chicks. Photo: Carl Lundberg Reed about the work at Neumayer in Swedish
1-0 crane vs. Ola. Photo Carl Lundberg Karin and Par visit the bar and telling stories about traveling in Africa with Station Manager Eberhart. Photo Carl Lundberg Agulhas II circles in the ice. Photo Carl Lundberg Read the blog post in Swedish PS...
No ship today, it is still working to get trough the ice. Instead there was a fire drill. It is still warm, overcast and no wind. Attached our season’s greetings! All the best from your team at Neumayer!
Agulhas II lastar av vid shelf-is kanten. Foto: Carl Lundberg Sydafrikanska konvojen i dimman. Foto: Carl Lundberg Ingen jul utan Lederhosen, Stefan mitt i bilden elektrikern som övervintrat. Till höger radiokillen som skall övervintra, han kunder...
Ola tankar och resten babblar med Stefanie som övervintrat som ingenjör. Hon hjälper oss på sin lediga dag. Foto: Carl Lundberg
Packat och klart strax innan jungfrufärden med näst intill max-last. Alla i teamet inkluderades i beslutet om var vi skulle lägga ribban för hur tungt vi lastade. Ett haveri på den antarktiska pustan kan medföra allvarliga konsekvenser. Vi enades...
Karin and Pär rescues Ola with the technique ”manskapsdrag”. Photo: Carl Lundberg Crack climbing is not a problem! Poto: Carl Lundberg Read the blog post in Swedish
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