The next sub-project in Polar Connect is now being launched, where five Nordic actors are coming together to secure the global digital infrastructure of the future.
Since September, Margareta Johansson is the new Head of Department for Land-Based Research Support at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat with responsibility for the Abisko Scientific Research Station and the Wasa and Svea research stations in Antarctica. She has 25 years of experience in polar research and research infrastructure.
Researchers on the GEOEO North of Greenland expedition returned from northern Greenland in September with more samples than they expected. The expedition aimed to study how Greenland's biodiversity has changed over time, focusing on the effects of climate change and human activity.
On 6 November in Kiruna, the Swedish Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic was established. This collaborative organisation between Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat will coordinate national and international activities that strengthen Swedish research and education related to the polar regions.
The Swedish Research Council (VR) has funded four modules of National Research Infrastructures onboard I/B Oden, and there is now an opportunity to apply for extending the infrastructure one more period.
