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A new icebreaker would increase Swedish ambition regarding polar research

11 Aug 2021 A new icebreaker would increase Swedish ambition regarding polar research

Today, Chief Investigator Tobias Krantz submitted his final report on Swedish research infrastructure to Matilda Ernkrans, Minister of Higher Education and Research. Tobias Krantz has investigated how Swedish polar researchers' access to a polar-classified icebreaker can be secured in the future.

Oden anchors to the ice

10 Aug 2021 Oden anchors to the ice

First ice station completed

05 Aug 2021 First ice station completed

Oden reaches the ice edge

02 Aug 2021 Oden reaches the ice edge

Departure!

26 Jul 2021 Departure!

Maria Samuelsson sums up the quarantine week

23 Jul 2021 Maria Samuelsson sums up the quarantine week

Quarantine starts

16 Jul 2021 Quarantine starts

Press release: The icebreaker Oden conducts research in a hard-to-reach area

12 Jul 2021 Press release: The icebreaker Oden conducts research in a hard-to-reach area

The research expedition Synoptic Arctic Survey, originally planned for 2020, had to be postponed due to the pandemic. Now, this year's expedition starts off by 38 researchers being quarantined at a hotel in Malmö on 16 July. Ten days later, the icebreaker Oden leaves Sweden to carry out measurements in one of the world's most difficult to access marine areas between Greenland and the North Pole.

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