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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

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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"We want to get an overall picture of the state of the Arctic"

09 Jun 2021 "We want to get an overall picture of the state of the Arctic"

This summer's polar expedition with the icebreaker Oden constitutes the Swedish contribution within the international research initiative Synoptic Arctic Survey, SAS. One of the researchers participating is Adam Ulfsbo at the University of Gothenburg and he is really looking forward to the expedition.

"I hope to learn a lot from the researchers"

07 Jun 2021 "I hope to learn a lot from the researchers"

Anna Stiby, chemistry and biology teacher, was selected to participate in the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat's teacher program 2021. Now she has an intensive work period at Nacka gymnasium, but soon it's time to change the classroom to the icebreaker Oden and this summer's expedition to the Arctic Ocean.

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