Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Petermann glacier. Photo: Ida Kinner

Ryder 2019

Abisko Scientific Research Station in the moonlight

Abisko Scientific Research Station. Photo: Lars Lehnert

Research in Abisko

King penguins in Gold Harbour, South Georgia. Photo: Jonas Bonnedahl

Permits to visit Antarctica

Icebreaker Oden breaking ice in the Bothnian Bay. Photo: Lars Lehnert

Icebreaker Oden

The research station Wasa during the 2011/12 Antarctic season. Photo: Cecilia Selberg

Research stations

Geologists on the rocks in Grimaldibukta on Prins Karls Forland during NOA-Svalbard in 2012. Photo: Henning Lorenz

Support for research

Svalbard. Photo: Jan-Ola Olofsson

Apply for a course on marine remote sensing in Svalbard

15 May 2019

Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observation System (SIOS) offers a training course on marine remote sensing in Svalbard. Please send your application to the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat by 31 May.

Penguins near the German research station Neumayer in Antarctica. Photo: Ola Eriksson

Fellowship opportunities for early-career researchers

15 May 201916 May 2019

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) launches its 2019 Antarctic-related fellowships for early-career researchers. The deadline for fellowship applications is 17 July 2019.

Greenland. Photo: Benjamin Kear

Polarforum 2019 − save the date!

10 May 2019

This year’s Polarforum will be held at Umeå University 19 November 2019. More information to be announced!

Icebreaker Oden in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in 2012. Photo: Jan-Ola Olofsson

ARICE 2019 call for ship-time proposals now open

29 April 201929 April 2019

The Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE) are inviting you to its second call for proposals. This time you can apply for ship time on board icebreaker Oden, MSV Fennica and RV Kronprins Haakon to carry out research in the Arctic Ocean. The deadline for applications is 3 July 2019.