North of Greenland 2024
In August – September 2024, the North of Greenland expedition with IB Oden will go to Northern Greenland and the adjacent Arctic Ocean, including the Lincoln Sea. The expedition is based on the research theme GEOEO, which is carried out within the Polar Research Process.
The North of Greenland 2024 expedition 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.
Scientific goals of GEOEO
The GEOEO Theme is organized around seven broad scientific goals, which will be addressed by several complementing work packages prior, during and after the North of Greenland expedition 2024.
Goal I) Unraveling the Late Glacial to Holocene history and dynamics of the N-GrIS
Goal II) Providing new insight into the variability of the marine cryosphere of North Greenland and the adjacent Arctic Ocean
Goal III) Investigating the interaction between ecosystem community composition, anthropogenic dynamics and climate fluctuations
Goal IV) Quantifying ecosystem production and nutrient state in changing marine ecosystems north of Greenland
Goal V ) Mapping of the remote ocean frontiers
Goal VI) Mapping the presence of gas hydrates in marine sediments and gas in the water column and atmosphere
Goal VII) Numerical modelling of the ice-ocean-atmosphere-geodynamic system
Expedition facts
5 August – 17 September 2024
Area: Northern Greenland, Victoria Fjord and the Lincoln Sea
Research vessel: Icebreaker Oden
Co-Chief Scientists: Martin Jakobsson och Nina Kirchner
Institutions: 10
Nations on Oden: 4
Work packages: 10
Expedition Coordinator: Åsa Lindgren
On the icebreaker Oden, 39 researchers from ten universities in four countries participate in the North of Greenland 2024 expedition.