Participants Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021
Chief Scientist
![Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm](/media/5zljil0x/pauline-north-pole-foto-peter-sylvander_web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133135904157000000)
Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm
Professor of Marine Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Chief Scientist for the expedition. PI for work packages Mesopelagic fish and Microbial metabolism. Co-PI for work package Phytoplankton.
Coordinator
![Maria Samuelsson](/media/dgmlz4ym/maria-samuelsson.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132693427350530000)
Maria Samuelsson
Expedition Coordinator, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.
Captain
![Mattias Petersson](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Mattias Petersson
Captain, icebreaker Oden
Principal Investigators, PI's
![Hanna Farnelid](/media/gkzd0nuq/hannafarnelid.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132665121425430000)
Hanna Farnelid
Linnaeus University, Sweden
PI for work package Picophytoplankton. Co-PI for work package Phytoplankton.
![Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm](/media/5zljil0x/pauline-north-pole-foto-peter-sylvander_web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133135904157000000)
Pauline Snoeijs Leijonmalm
Professor of Marine Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Chief Scientist for the expedition. PI for work packages Mesopelagic fish and Microbial metabolism. Co-PI for work package Phytoplankton.
![Adam Ulfsbo](/media/zgljk1b3/sas-oden-adam-ulfsbo_web.jpg?center=0.32655512941832665,0.47599356765449113&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132664293067330000)
Adam Ulfsbo
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
PI for work package Carbon and tracer chemistry.
![Johan Wikner](/media/121bocv3/johanwikner_ny.jpg?center=0.42932718070381037,0.43194833218901613&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132693663676270000)
Johan Wikner
Umeå University, Sweden
PI for work package Arctic prokaryotes.
![Birthe Zäncker](/media/d1qd2r3q/birthezancker-resize.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132665137916400000)
Birthe Zäncker
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
PI for work package Microbial interactions.
![Damian Arévalo-Martínez, shore-based](/media/4vifj3ab/damian_l_a_martinez.jpg?center=0.542878216610699,0.51682900882004545&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132700604937870000)
Damian Arévalo-Martínez, shore-based
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
PI for work package Trace gases cycling.
![Helen Coxall, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Helen Coxall, shore-based
Stockholm University, Sweden
PI for work package Planktonic foraminifera.
![Céline Heuzé, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Céline Heuzé, shore-based
Gothenburg University, Sweden
PI for work package Deep water hydrography.
![Karin Holmfeldt, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Karin Holmfeldt, shore-based
Linnaeus University, Sweden
PI for work package Polar viruses.
![Samuel Hylander, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Samuel Hylander, shore-based
Linnaeus University, Sweden
PI for work package Zooplankton.
![Christian Stranne, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Christian Stranne, shore-based
Stockholm University, Sweden
PI for work package Mid-water acoustics.
![Toste Tanhua, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Toste Tanhua, shore-based
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
PI for work package Ventilation and anthropogenic carbon.
![Michael Tjernström, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Michael Tjernström, shore-based
Stockholm University, Sweden
PI for work package Arctic climate Across Scales.
![Brett Thornton, shore-based](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Brett Thornton, shore-based
Stockholm University, Sweden
PI for work package Trace gas biogeochemistry.
Researchers
![Dennis Amnebrink](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Dennis Amnebrink
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work package: Arctic prokaryotes
![Yannis Arck](/media/m3icfapi/yannis-web.jpg?center=0.29656683710737763,0.5684330196425188&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132675424325870000)
Yannis Arck
Heidelberg University, Germany
Work package: Ventilation and anthropogenic carbon
![Clare Bird](/media/2kfjiyxw/clarebird.jpg?center=0.29747267810616035,0.523776705720193&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132684732540300000)
Clare Bird
University of Stirling, United Kindom
Work package: Planktonic foraminifera
![Kimberley Bird](/media/mrhiqha1/kimberlybird.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132736607573330000)
Kimberley Bird
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Work package: Microbial interactions
![Caroline Bringensparr](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Caroline Bringensparr
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Mid-water acoustics
![Ian Brown](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Ian Brown
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kindom
Work package: Trace gas biogeochemistry
![Carlos Castro](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Carlos Castro
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Mid-water acoustics
![Julek Chawarski](/media/gn2ljtiq/julek-chawarski.jpg?center=0.45421557731053624,0.57718860109099968&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132700369398270000)
Julek Chawarski
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Work package: Mesopelagic fish
![Hauke Flores](/media/fbcdhacj/20180813_hauke-flores_024_compact.jpg?center=0.36344813154619648,0.520101079715139&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132660781736270000)
Hauke Flores
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Work package: Mesopelagic fish
![Lennart Gerke](/media/kv1pq0br/lennart-gerke.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132664317434230000)
Lennart Gerke
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
Work package: Ventilation and anthropogenic carbon
![Nicole Hildebrandt](/media/4lkpqhuz/nicole-hildebrandt-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132671890862100000)
Nicole Hildebrandt
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Work package: Mesopelagic fish
![Lina Holthusen](/media/pawpgxz1/lina_holthusen-web.jpg?center=0.3407620827704978,0.52626019511238209&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133268953734600000)
Lina Holthusen
University of Kiel, Germany
Work package: Trace gases cycling
![Salar Karam](/media/fwypjrxd/salar_karam.jpg?center=0.4111997223458756,0.39233734976120238&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132678749698730000)
Salar Karam
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Work package: Deep water hydrography
![Christien Laber](/media/cfzfdhrl/christienlaber.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132687465145630000)
Christien Laber
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work package: Picophytoplankton
![Prune Leroy](/media/i1qbg2fv/prune-leroy.jpg?center=0.45941858398473528,0.354612604591856&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132700518983530000)
Prune Leroy
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Work package: Microbial metabolism
![Anna Lunde Hermansson](/media/ht2jqstx/annalundehermansson-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132660781738930000)
Anna Lunde Hermansson
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Work package: Carbon and tracer chemistry
![Frank Menger](/media/dvrbdmb1/frank-menger.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132702150946800000)
Frank Menger
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Work packages: Mesopelagic fish, Microbial metabolism
![Claudia Morys](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Claudia Morys
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Microbial metabolism
![Julia Muchowski](/media/vvcdfglz/juliamuchowski.jpg?center=0.3615421756441865,0.48150700666207213&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132664892476570000)
Julia Muchowski
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Mid-water acoustics
![Sonja Murto](/media/2d5ky0rd/sonja_murto.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132660781741270000)
Sonja Murto
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Arctic climate Across Scales
![Alexandra Padilla](/media/ldel3xx4/alexandra-padilla-web.jpg?center=0.34540035393834023,0.48885825867218008&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132669196700470000)
Alexandra Padilla
University of New Hampshire, USA
Work package: Mid-water acoustics
![Clara Pérez Martínez](/media/fjdowek3/clara_perez_martinez-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132660781740170000)
Clara Pérez Martínez
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work package: Microbial metabolism
![John Prytherch](/media/fwyk2xmv/johnprytherc-web.jpg?center=0.39819257327968555,0.56788421778084075&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132664892681600000)
John Prytherch
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Arctic climate Across Scales
![Janina Rahlff](/media/s4bgyano/janina_rahlff_sas21-web.jpg?center=0.29083390764989664,0.49988513668734208&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132665995852300000)
Janina Rahlff
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work package: Polar Viruses
![Amanda Nylund](/media/n5qpfa1i/amandanylund.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132664225556030000)
Amanda Nylund
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Work package: Carbon and tracer chemistry
![Serdar Sakinan](/media/strputbc/serdar-sakinan.jpg?center=0.34049586776859503,0.374&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132684051884230000)
Serdar Sakinan
Wageningen Marine Research, the Netherlands
Work package: Mesopelagic fish
![Marcus Sundbom](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Marcus Sundbom
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Carbon and tracer chemistry
![Emma Svahn](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Emma Svahn
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work package leader: Zooplankton
![Baldvin Thorvaldsson](/media/srwjmrlo/baldvinthorvaldsson.jpg?center=0.39119055012683446,0.48334481966459913&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132682309634070000)
Baldvin Thorvaldsson
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Work package: Mesopelagic fish
![Javier Vargas Calle](/media/a13fh2af/javier-vargas-calle.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132701276775900000)
Javier Vargas Calle
Uppsala University, Sweden
Work packages: Mesopelagic fish, Microbial metabolism
![Ashish Verma](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Ashish Verma
Umeå University, Sweden
Work package: Arctic prokaryotes
![Flor Vermassen](/media/2xqb2weg/florvermassen.jpg?center=0.34743214814287943,0.52060148333698009&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132712451553830000)
Flor Vermassen
Stockholm University, Sweden
Work package: Planktonic foraminifera
![Lisa Winberg von Friesen](/media/ksml15jz/lisa-winberg-von-friesen.jpeg?center=0.37707701437425822,0.55685733976567886&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132658882763170000)
Lisa Winberg von Friesen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Work package: Phytoplankton
Teacher program
![Anna Stiby](/media/nk4j5h2j/annastiby-web.jpg?center=0.42591316333563062,0.4373994946014243&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132660781742370000)
Anna Stiby
Teacher, Nacka gymnasium, Sweden
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
![Sara Johansson](/media/iuwe13oj/sarajohansson-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132666863392630000)
Sara Johansson
Meteorologist
![Per Lundgren](/media/x4sb0cl1/perlundgren.jpg?center=0.52625920246266678,0.43572080670595076&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132705519491230000)
Per Lundgren
Meteorologist
![Per Arnell](/media/cq3c0ld5/perarnell.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132684049882830000)
Per Arnell
Doctor
![Johan Kullberg](/media/xv4n03f1/johankullberg-web.jpg?center=0.26591854914839586,0.40799448656099241&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132670337024870000)
Johan Kullberg
Nurse
![Ted Juliussen](/media/yjfbfdyk/tedjuliussen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132687464933730000)
Ted Juliussen
Helicopter pilot
![Mats Persson](/media/3sinbuji/mats-persson.jpg?center=0.39614243323442139,0.51037344398340245&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132669196813000000)
Mats Persson
Helicopter technician
![Joachim Gyllestad](/media/n3oedmsp/joachim-gyllestad.jpg?center=0.37649927389425747,0.50796582775340571&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132687474006570000)
Joachim Gyllestad
Technician
![Hans-Jørgen Hansen](/media/otaps52o/hansjorgenhansen.jpg?center=0.27522512121911796,0.48764719464326944&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132682204588230000)
Hans-Jørgen Hansen
Technician
![Sven Lidström](/media/5ojc43ed/svenlidstroem.jpg?center=0.18598382749326145,0.46370967741935482&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132666866758630000)
Sven Lidström
Technician
![Niklas Vestin](/media/faej1xxo/niklasvestin.jpg?center=0.40715502555366268,0.522&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132685000531900000)
Niklas Vestin
Technician
![Anton Sandström](/media/lndlam1c/polar-employees.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=133639716319070000)
Anton Sandström
IT technician
![Daniel Rönn](/media/caxewzet/daniel_ronn-web.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132666838912230000)
Daniel Rönn
IT technician
![Josef Nilsen](/media/5dje5wqc/josefnilsen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=480&height=480&rnd=132666839485600000)
Josef Nilsen
IT technician
Ship Crew
Icebreaker Oden is owned by the Swedish Maritime Administration. Through a long-term cooperation agreement, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat uses Oden for polar expeditions in the summer. The crew of the icebreaker is manned by the company Viking Supply.