Track phytoplankton bloom mechanisms in the Southern Ocean sea-ice zone
Phytoplankton blooms play a key role in the…
Intertidal ecosystem response to an increasingly ice-free Arctic –hardbottom habitats in Kongsfjorden
By Haakon Hop, marine biologist / Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
Greening…
Diving into the kelp forest in search of climate answers
By Haakon Hop, marine biologist, Norwegian Polar Institute…
Sustained observation system established in the central Arctic Ocean
On the working deck of R/V Kronprins Haakon, four kilometres…
Deep insights into the Arctic of tomorrow
Hundreds of international researchers are currently analyzing…
BLOG: Cracks in the cooking pot lid
By Øyvind Lundesgaard (Norwegian Polar Institute), Melissa…
Into the deep unknown central Arctic Basin
By cruise leaders JC2-2: Agneta Fransson (NPI) og Bodil Bluhm…
Aliens in the Arctic
In a recent study a team of researchers have mapped invasive…
Excitement onboard the RV Kronprins Haakon
By scientist Nadjejda Espinel / Norwegian Polar Institute
After…
Interdisciplinary research in the Arctic
By Sebastian Gerland and Anette Wold, cruise leaders, Norwegian…
– Larger areas of ocean in the Arctic must be protected
By Helge M. Markusson, Fram Centre
By compiling results…
How to avoid conflicts between polar bears and humans?
Polar bears have had Red List status as vulnerable since 2005.…
The polar bear’s diet
Other bears are terrestrial mammals, but the polar bear has…
Where do polar bears den?
The cubs are small and hairless at birth, and would quickly freeze…
We follow the polar bear step-by-step
At the end of the 19th century, a more intensive winter hunt…
The safest transport to/from Troll
We contemplated using Kronprins Haakon for the…
Student heads to the North Pole to study the South Pole
In Tromsø, the thermometer reads 21.9 degrees Celsius this…
Work ongoing on the largest Arctic expedition or Life in the dark and cold or What’s going on at the North Pole?
MOSAiC is based on the German research icebreaker Polarstern,…
Melting of an ice shelf in East Antarctica is linked to summer warming of the ocean surface
A joint research team from Norway and India is behind the study…
The East Greenland Current: a conveyor of Arctic climate change
We recovered 6 of our moorings with instruments full of new…