Hei! Let me introduce to you our company of Leptoclinus fans: Stig Falk-Petersen (Akvaplan-niva and University of Tromsø, Norway), Svetlana Murzina and Nina Nemova (Institute of biology, Karelian research Centre RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia), Camilla Ottesen (University of Tromsø), Jorgen Berge (University of Tromsø and UNIS). What is it about… Continue reading
The road map to Polar night studies started to develop before the International Polar Year more than 5 years ago. The ARCTOS network took part in many large IPY programmes, but none covered the darkest period of the Arctic winter. In 2006 we published a paper on Diel Vertical Migration… Continue reading
18.01.2014 We’ve spent the last three days throwing a lot of equipment and gear into the water to detect whether or not marine life is active in the polar night. For the mooring team aboard Helmer Hanssen the first three days have been very busy recovering a mooring in Isfjorden… Continue reading
Sooo what happened today… … about 50 L of seawater was filtered so far for different kind of stuff… such as DNA, RNA, POC/PON and Chla…and it will be over 100 L at the end of this day! … Chlorophyll was measured in huuuuge low amounts (but something is there!)… Continue reading
When most people think of krill their first thoughts are of Omega-3 capsules and food for whales in Antarctica. Whereas at least 4 species of krill are abundant around Svalbard and in the Barents Sea, they have rarely been found in high abundances in west coast fjords. Thus, we were… Continue reading
We left Longyearbyen the evening of the 15th of January after a busy day of packing amazing amounts of heavy research equipment on board R/V Helmer Hanssen (Figure 1. Packing at UNIS). We even packed a ton of water and a pallet of hay needed in Ny Ålesund! After arriving… Continue reading
