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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

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.

Small Arctic organisms of great importance for life on Earth

23 Jun 2021 Small Arctic organisms of great importance for life on Earth

Bacteria, and other small organisms without a cell nucleus, create conditions for life on our planet and assume art-like forms. This is something that fascinates Johan Wikner, professor of ecology at Umeå University, who is now preparing for the research expedition Synoptic Arctic Survey with the icebreaker Oden.

"We want to increase the understanding of meteorological processes"

14 Jun 2021 "We want to increase the understanding of meteorological processes"

Weather balloons and meteorological measurements are in focus when Sonja Murto, PhD student at Stockholm University, participates in the research expedition Synoptic Arctic Survey.

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