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H.R.H. The Crown Princess and the Minister for Climate and the Environment visited Svalbard

16 Jun 2023 H.R.H. The Crown Princess and the Minister for Climate and the Environment visited Svalbard

When the icebreaker Oden arrived in Longyearbyen on Svalbard on June 14, it also marked the end of this year's Arctic expedition ARTofMELT 2023. In connection with this, H.R.H. the Crown Princess and the Minister for Climate and the Environment, Romina Pourmokhtari, visited Svalbard to meet researchers who participated in the expedition.

The field season in Abisko is in full swing

08 Jun 2023 The field season in Abisko is in full swing

Station visits, new staff, pollen monitoring and the start of this year's field season. A lot is happening at the Abisko Scientific Research Station!

"It's a fun and challenging job because there's always something happening"

07 Jun 2023 "It's a fun and challenging job because there's always something happening"

We welcome Alisa Heuchel, who started as the new laboratory manager at Abisko Scientific Research Station on May 15th! In September, Alisa Heichel will defend her doctoral thesis in forest genetics, and even though her work at the station will involve different things, she brings experiences from her research studies.

IT technician strengthens research support on the icebreaker Oden

06 Apr 2023 IT technician strengthens research support on the icebreaker Oden

Martin Jansson is a new IT technician at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's department for ship-based research support on the icebreaker Oden.

Abisko Scientific Research Station prepares for the field season

21 Mar 2023 Abisko Scientific Research Station prepares for the field season

In March, it is still low season at Abisko Scientific Research Station. About ten researchers have been on-site during the winter, but the number gradually increases during the spring.

Expedition controlled by the weather

20 Mar 2023 Expedition controlled by the weather

During this year's Arctic expedition with the icebreaker Oden, the researchers want to document the transition between winter and summer. This goal requires flexible planning and, based on weather forecasts, being able to move Oden to places where warm air enters the Arctic.

"In my art, I build my own worlds and realities where I can investigate the unknown"

13 Feb 2023 "In my art, I build my own worlds and realities where I can investigate the unknown"

The artist Ida Rödén will participate in this year's research expedition with the icebreaker Oden. Along for the ride is Jonas Falck, a fictional scientist who considered himself one of Carl von Linné's apostles ‒ but was never accepted by Linné. Ida Rödén has explored the world with Jonas Falck since 2014. She has sometimes thought that the work with the scientist is over. But every time she has set a point and shifted focus, something new has begun to loom. The exploration continues, and this time, the two companions will visit the Arctic Ocean.

Early expedition to study the onset of melting season in the Arctic Ocean

09 Feb 2023 Early expedition to study the onset of melting season in the Arctic Ocean

Every summer, part of the Arctic sea ice melts away, and the melting season is becoming longer. Since the end of the last century, the area covered by ice at the end of summer has gradually decreased, and today, the area is less than half of what it was at the end of the 1970s. To study the arrival of spring in the Arctic – when it comes and how it happens – this year's research expedition with the icebreaker Oden is being carried out earlier than usual.

The icebreaker Oden took researchers to previously unexplored areas

09 Dec 2022 The icebreaker Oden took researchers to previously unexplored areas

The amount of fish in the central Arctic Ocean is very limited. Therefore, the fish stock needs to be protected when the Arctic Ocean becomes increasingly accessible due to melting sea ice. Pauline Leijonmalm, Chief Scientist during the Oden Expedition Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021, can look back on a successful expedition where the researchers could collect valuable data about the ecosystem in the Arctic.

Viruses that hitchhike or kill

23 Sep 2022 Viruses that hitchhike or kill

In the oceans, there are viruses that infect bacteria. Even though they have a major impact on our ecosystems, the research in this area is limited, especially from Arctic environments. Researchers who participated in the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition are currently studying this. They want to understand how environmental pollution and climate change affect viruses, bacteria, and ecosystems in the future.

From sea to cloud – what happens in the Arctic atmosphere?

13 Sep 2022 From sea to cloud – what happens in the Arctic atmosphere?

To explain the reasons for the rapid warming in the Arctic, measurements of the atmosphere are needed. On the icebreaker Oden, researchers within the ACAS project have developed an atmospheric observatory to be able to study factors such as changes in clouds and the interactions between the surface and the atmosphere.

Wrapping up a fast-paced field season in Abisko

05 Sep 2022 Wrapping up a fast-paced field season in Abisko

After more than two years of travel restrictions and limited field research activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Abisko Scientific Research Station is finally back to full speed. The summer of 2022 has been one of the busiest summers in the history of the research station, with the station constantly at – or beyond – full capacity, June through September.

Microorganism shell acts as a time capsule

30 Aug 2022 Microorganism shell acts as a time capsule

At the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, empty shells from dead foraminifera, microscopic single-celled organisms, accumulate. The calcium carbonate shells can be compared to time capsules because the million-year-old fossils can provide valuable information about climate change. During the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition with the icebreaker Oden, one of the projects was about documenting these organisms.

Over 100 years of meteorological measurements in Abisko

12 May 2022 Over 100 years of meteorological measurements in Abisko

Abisko Scientific Research Station was built in 1912 after the research station in Katterjokk burned down. The following year, the meteorological measurements were started, and for several decades data has been collected on behalf of SMHI. The over one-hundred-year long series of measurements has qualified the measuring station as a Centennial Observing Station, an award given by the World Meteorological Organization WMO.

Bacterial respiration and abundance affect life in the Arctic Ocean

11 Mar 2022 Bacterial respiration and abundance affect life in the Arctic Ocean

What is the abundance, diversity, growth rate and respiration of Bacteria and Archea in the Arctic Ocean ecosystem? This is the question Johan Wikner, Professor in Ecology at Umeå University, and his team studied during the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021 expedition with the icebreaker Oden.

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