Promotes the conditions for and co-ordinates Swedish research and development in the polar regions.
The EU project Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE) is inviting researchers to submit ship-time proposals requesting access to PRV Polarstern, CCGS Amundsen and RV Sikuliaq in the Arctic Ocean. Deadline for proposal submissions is 5 July.
This summer’s research expedition with the icebreaker Oden is called Arctic Ocean 2018 and is conducted in collaboration with the United States’ National Science Foundation. The main theme for the research on board Oden concerns the microbiological life in the ocean and ice and how it’s connected to cloud formation in the Arctic.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat’s operational support is given to Swedish researchers to collect data and samples in the Arctic and in Antarctica. Applications are continuously accepted throughout the year.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is one of 15 partners from 13 countries that have joined forces in a EU-funded collaboration to improve the capacity for marine-based research in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean.
