Survey along the riverbed at Sandefjord Point on the southwest side of Grønfjorden, in search of claim boards and remains of water collecting devices. The river coming down from the mountain was used as a fresh water source for the Finneset...
Ella Carlsson and Henrik Johansson analyzing the mountain underneath the surface using a WADI device. Photo: Expedition Svalbard 2007. Background Water is a prerequisite for life as we know it. Without water the present life on Earth would not...
Sea Otters were abundant in the coastal waters of Bering Island. Photo: Ingvar Eliasson. During the month of July 2007 a joint Russian and Swedish research expedition set out to investigate the presence of microbial agents of zoonotic potential in...
A view of the small fjord Urjarassuit pavat with the base camp for the archaeologists. Photo: Lars Larsson Background Recent research in archaeology has drastically improved our perception of the prehistory and history of the Arctic. These...
Quartzites of the Murchisonfjorden supergroup (foreground) unconformably overlie volcanics of the Svartrabbane group (below snowfield). At least the latter are involved in the migmatisation. Photo: Henning Lorenz. Between 1990 and 1998...
Twin Otter in for landing. Photo: Per Möller. Background In recent years the importance of the Arctic region for global climate change has often been stressed both in the scientific community and the media. It has been suggested that a cold arctic...
Ulf Jonsell at the AWS on Vestfonna. Photo: Veijo Pohjola. Background The International Council for Science (ICSU) has declared 2007–2009 the fourth International Polar Year, marking the 50-year anniversary of the last Polar Year. It is...
Group photo of all AGAVE participants. Photo: Chris Linder. The AGAVE expedition had two sets of complimentary objectives. The scientific objective was to study the geological, chemical, and biological characteristics of volcanic activity and...
Linda Randsalu, Daniel Fredh and Ole Bennike on reconnaissance in Bredefjorden in one of the large Zodiacs. Photo: Dan Zwartz Background and aim A number of natural processes interact to cause sea level changes. The sea level position is at every...
Data points depict the vertical distribution of particle number density for the ASTARflight conducted 14 April 2007 (Blue: particles larger than 260 nm in diameter,purple; particles larger than 10 nm in diameter). Aim The aim of the research is to...
Background Birds are excellent indicators of environmental change, such as biologically important effects of climate change, and consequently studies of birds can be used to predict the development over large areas. This project there-fore aims to...
The CTD/rosette sampler on its way back from the water. Photo: Sofia Rickberg. The oceanographic component of LOMROG focuses on constraining and understanding the pathways of the Atlantic water and deep water across the Lomonosov Ridge, between...
Continuous measurements of total gaseous mercury in air (black line) and dissolved gaseous mercury in surface water (line in colours) during the expeditions Beringia 2005 and LOMROG 2007. Schlitzer, R., Ocean Data View, 2004. Emissions of mercury...
The new Russian nuclear icebreaker 50 let Podedy supporting Oden in the areas of the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland. Photo: Martin Jakobsson. Introduction and background The Arctic Ocean north of Greenland is virtually unexplored due to...
Left: 50 let Pobedy under way alongside Oden to break the ice.Right: 50 let Pobedy reversing to “pick up” Oden. These operations occurred often during seismic data acquisition due to the severe ice conditions in the area of investigation. Photos:...
Drilling ice cores with Kovacs drill at 85°N. Photo: Hans Ramløv The Arctic Ocean plays a critical part in global oceanic circulation, in that it modulates the formation of deep water in the North Atlantic via ice formation. The extent of Arctic...
Bohemanneset – the site of the Dutch mining settlement of Rijpsburg, containing remains of mines, transportation systems and buildings. The site was mapped with total station in LASHIPA 3, August 2006. Photo: Dag Avango. Introduction – research...
Ilyushin 76 on Novolazarevskaya airbase. Photo: Torbjörn Karlin The deep ice core drilling project at the German Kohnen Station in Dronning Maud Land (DML) is part of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) which started one...
The aim of the telescopes The feasibility of using transparent ice at large depth in Antarctica for neutrino telescopes was shown by the AMANDA collaboration in the 1990’s. The scientific goals for these telescopes are for example to use the...
The storm-ridden beach, the windswept Nothofagus-forest and the rugged mountains at the camp by Bahía Colnett. Photo: Karl Ljung. Introduction The expedition in November–December 2005 to Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) off the south-eastern...
