Swedish Polar Research Secretariat part of Sweden’s EPPR delegation at Arctic preparedness conference
Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands, where the Cold Seas, Critical Gaps conference was held on 13–15 October 2026. Photo: Åsa Lindgren
How can preparedness be strengthened for incidents involving cruise ships in the Arctic? This was one of the questions discussed at Cold Seas, Critical Gaps, held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, on 13–15 October.
The conference was held under the Kingdom of Denmark’s Chairship of the Arctic Council, in close collaboration with EPPR. The programme addressed search and rescue, health preparedness and marine environmental response, as well as the perspectives of local communities and Indigenous Peoples on Arctic preparedness.
Åsa Lindgren, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, took part as a member of Sweden’s delegation to the Arctic Council’s EPPR Working Group.
Read more about the conference and view the programme on the Arctic Council’s website.
About EPPR
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) is a working group of the Arctic Council. It works to prevent and strengthen preparedness for environmental and other emergencies in the Arctic through guidance, information sharing, and exercises. EPPR is not an operational response body.
