The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's yearbook contains information about the Secretariat's activities, annual accounts and cruise reports from the research projects.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government authority under the Ministry of Education and Research. Its task is to promote Swedish Polar research by organising and leading research expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, primarily as part of international efforts.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretary has a staff of about 30 in various units: research management, research platforms, communication, and administration. The Director of the authority is Björn Dahlbäck. The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a single-council-authority, which means that the head of authority (i.e. the Director-General) is completely responsible for all activities. The Government has appointed an Advisory Council that will provide public insight in the organisation and give the Director-General advice.
For research planning, the Secretariat co-operates with the Swedish Research Council.
The Secretariat actively works to improve environmental protection in the Polar Regions and since 1994, the Secretariat is the authority that dispenses permits and oversees activities related to the Swedish Act on Antarctica.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is hosting the Mistra research programme Arctic Futures in a Global Context. The programme is an interdisciplinary and social-science-oriented research programme with five distinct research projects that will contribute to strengthening the knowledge base on questions of particular relevance for development in the Arctic but with global relevance as well. The programme is funded by Mistra, the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's yearbook contains information about the Secretariat's activities, annual accounts and cruise reports from the research projects.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and Swedish Research Council have established a shared roadmap for support to research projects in polar regions outside Sweden.