Theme: GEOEO
The theme GEOEO, North Greenland Earth-Ocean-Ecosystem Observatory, builds on the legacy of international research expeditions, projects and networks over the past decade, such as SWERUS-C3, Petermann 2015, Ryder 2019 and EU-PolarNet. Within both the theme and the expedition, ship-based and land-based projects are combined, focusing on coastal areas adjacent to the investigated marine areas. The theme runs from 2022 to around 2026.
The knowledge gaps identified in the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate has served as a motive for the GEOEO theme. There is also a broader link to social and political research topics such as ecosystem health and well-being in the Arctic, challenges in the form of change and adaptation for the coastal Arctic and non-Arctic communities, governance issues and an increase in resource extraction in a rapidly warming climate.
A synthesis report is planned to be completed by the end of the thematic process in 2026. It aims to provide appropriate scientific knowledge about the consequences of research results for various social and political issues in decision-making.

Goals
The red thread: GEOEO addresses scientific questions focused on providing new knowledge on the marine cryosphere’s dynamic history and response to future climate change, including implications for marine and terrestrial ecosystems in North Greenland and the adjacent Arctic Ocean and the North Greenland Ice Sheet’s contribution to global sea-level rise.
GEOEO timeline
- Webinar/workshop 1, 8 February 2022
- Workshop 2, Autumn 2022
- Open call, November 2022 (for researchers with Swedish affiliation)
- Workshop 3 - Scope of work, one year before the expedition, in 2023
- North of Greenland expedition, Aug-Sept 2024
- Workshop 4, after the expedition
There will be an open call for research projects for researchers affiliated with a Swedish University in November 2022. To be accepted for a berth, peer-reviewed funding is required.
International researchers can contact cecilia.lund@polar.se if they are interested in the expedition!
A workshop in autumn 2022 will be focusing on the research projects with all of you who remain interested in collaboration and co-funding the GEOEO expedition with I/B Oden.
Approx. one year before the expedition the scope of work (SOW) process starts.
Workshop 4 will focus on the post-processing of data and the Synthesis report.
GEOEO presentation
Contact
For more information about the GEOEO theme, contact:
Cecilia Lund
Senior Research Officer,
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
+46 73 644 58 08
Map of expedition area
