On August 5, the Arctic expedition North of Greenland 2024 starts with 40 researchers on board. The icebreaker Oden will then go from Thule to Victoria Fjord in northern Greenland to acquire more knowledge about the future of the northern Greenland ice sheet and how it can affect the global sea level.
In Kiruna on 6–7 November, the conference Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic will be held on the theme of Raising the Ambition of Swedish Polar Research.
Due to the government's ongoing investigation regarding the acquisition of a new polar research vessel, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has now presented a Technical requirement specification for the new vessel.
The European Polar Board (EPB) and the future European Polar Coordination Office (EPCO) will be in Umeå, Sweden, from 2025 to 2029. The relocation from the Netherlands to the Arctic significantly strengthens the foundation of Sweden's Arctic research coordination and regional policy development.
On 30 April 2024, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat delivered a proposal for a research strategy for Antarctica on behalf of the Department of Education. The goal of the research strategy is to raise Sweden's level of ambition as an active research nation in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean by strengthening ongoing research and initiating new collaborations and activities.
On April 17–19, a kick-off for the project POLARIN, Polar Research Infrastructure Network, will be held in Bremerhaven, Germany. POLARIN is an EU-funded network where the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is one of 50 organizations from 20 countries that provides access to 64 infrastructures in the Arctic and Antarctic.
