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Exciting news! The keynote speakers are now announced for “Towards a new Arctic Ocean – Past, Present, Future” in Tromsø in November. Abstract submission deadline is 15. May.

The Nansen Legacy is in its fifth year and looks back at over 350 days out at sea. The extensive field campaigns over the last years have generated unique abiotic…

A tribe of 36 scientists set sail to the Arctic Ocean on board research icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to study the northern Barents Sea in spring as part of the Nansen Legacy project. Despite all the technological advances since Nansen’s time you still need a good mix of skills and characters to make the mission a success. Our tribe certainly had that mix and it was a privilege to lead the tribe on its Arctic mission together as chief and co-chief.

A homage to the beauty and diversity of the smallest animals in the sea

Start of cruise with Research Vessel (R/V) Kronprins Haakon to look at winter processes in the northern Barents Sea and adjacent part of the Arctic Ocean.

When the first Fram-expedition returned to Norway in 1896, after three years frozen into the ice of the Arctic Ocean, a crew of 13 men was enthusiastically welcomed home and celebrated as heroes, above all the young Fridtjof Nansen. Hundred and twenty-five years after Fram, research vessels are exploring the Arctic Ocean on more regular basis, and onboard are men no longer among themselves. Women have become important contributors to the scientific exploration of the Arctic Ocean.

People from the Nansen Legacy participating in Arctic Frontiers 2021.

What do you think of when you think of the Arctic ocean? Belugas weaving through ice floes? Or maybe walruses sunbathing on a chilly beach? How about a polar bear hunting for its next seal snack?