SWEDARP 2008/09
Oden Southern Ocean
The Oden Southern Ocean 2008/09 expedition will begin in November. A total of six Swedish and three U.S. marine research projects will be conducted using the icebreaker Oden as a research platform. Oden Southern Ocean is a cooperative effort of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA. The icebreaker Oden has been to Antarctica twice before, and this will mark the third season in a row that the vessel has reached the continent.
Swedish research leaders: Katarina Abrahamsson, Gothenburg University, Tero Härkönen, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Melissa Chierci, Gothenburg University, Agneta Fransson, Gothenburg University, Henrik Kylin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and Göran Björk, Gothenburg University.
LASHIPA - Large Scale Historical Exploitation of Polar Areas
The LASHIPA 6 expedition to the Prince Olav Harbour whaling station at South Georgia is part of a historicalarchaeological research project – LASHIPA. The expedition will seek out new knowledge about one of the most controversial chapters in the history of the polar areas – the Antarctic whaling industry of the 20th century.
Research leader: Dag Avango, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
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