Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Our task is to promote and co-ordinate Swedish polar research. This means to follow and plan research and development and to organise and lead research expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions. We are also managing the Abisko Scientific Research Station in sub-arctic Sweden.

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18/4 2012

ECRA pilot workshop: Arctic Climate Stability and Change

Climate observations in the polar areas depend heavily on availability of adequate infrastructures, such as ice breakers, polar research stations, air planes or long term observations of different variables. It is recognized that increased international collaboration is urgently required in order to accomplish the high demand on polar climate research.

29/2 2012

IASC newsletter

A special IASC newsletter edition on the upcoming IPY Conference is available for download. The edition concentrates fully on IASC activities that will take place right before and during the IPY 2012 Montréal Conference: From Knowledge to Action.

Download the IASC IPY 2012 Montréal Newsletter

21/2 2012

APEX VI International Conference and Workshop

The sixth APEX Conference and workshop will be held 15–18 May 2012 at Oulanka Research Station of the Thule Institute run by Oulu University and located in Northeastern Finland.

16/2 2012

Antarctic organisations launch fellowships

Two Antarctic organisations have joined forces to launch Fellowships for early career researchers. The Fellowships are worth up to $US15,000 each and up to five (4 SCAR and 1 COMNAP Fellowships) are on offer for 2012.

30/1 2012

Space for the Arctic 2012

The conference Space for the Arctic 2012 will be held on 13 March 2012 during the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Read more about the conference

16/1 2012

Researcher in Resilience in Arctic Social-Ecological Systems

In a joint venture with the Stockholm Environmental Institute,  Stockholm Resilience Centre seeks a researcher to be scientific leader in an Arctic Resilience Report (ARR). The ARR has been approved as an Arctic Council project and is a priority for the Swedish chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Read more about the vacancy

19/12 2011

2012–2013 Proposals: Northern Contaminants Program

The Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) is currently accepting 2012–2013 proposals, for which the total program budget will be $4.8 Million. The deadline for proposal submission is 16 January 2012.

19/12 2011

Arctic Frontiers 2012: Energies of the High North

Registration for the conference Arctic Frontiers 2012: Energies of the High North is now open.

Read more about Arctic Frontiers

Methane bubble in sea ice. Photo: Martin Wik
Yearbook 2011

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's yearbook contains information about the Secretariat's activities, annual accounts and cruise reports from the research projects.

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Current expeditions

Read more about our current expeditions.

Photo: Adam Jeppesen
Roadmap for Swedish Polar Research

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and Swedish Research Council have established a shared roadmap for support to research projects in polar regions outside Sweden.