Artist Sara-Vide Ericson has been accepted for this year's expedition to the Arctic aboard the icebreaker Oden – a unique opportunity to combine artistic creation with the extreme environment of the Arctic. With an international track record and a passion for large-scale oil paintings, she has long sought the opportunity to challenge herself – both artistically and personally.
In Luleå on 22 May 2024, a symposium was held with the title: Geoengineering Symposium - Science Fiction or Possible Element for a Sustainable Environmental and Climate Future?
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's logistics expedition DML 24/25 has now been completed, and the technicians have returned home after working at the Swedish research station Wasa in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
On January 15, 2025, the Polar Research Secretariat organized a knowledge seminar on environmental forecasts for sustainable development in the Arctic at the World Trade Center in Stockholm. The seminar discussed the importance of and opportunities for observations of the environment in the central Arctic.
Two research vessels side by side at sea is an unusual sight – but on Friday, R/V Svea and R/V Skagerak joined forces when SWERVE's workshop series on CTD profiling concluded with a cross-calibration in Danafjorden, near Gothenburg.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat invites Early Career Scientists to take part in a research program on a joint expedition with the Swedish Icebreaker Oden and the Canadian Icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent 9 August – 19 September 2025.
