Data from expedition Arctic Ocean, 2016

Michael Tjernström, Martin Jakobsson

The Arctic Ocean 2016 expedition was carried out during summer 2016 in the Arctic Ocean, mainly in the Amundsen Basin and in areas around the underwater mountain ranges Lomonosov Ridge and Alpha Ridge.

With the Swedish icebreaker Oden serving as the research platform, a range of scientific investigations were made. The main scientific goals included investigations of the geological origin of the Alpha Ridge and spreading of heavy metals in the ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere. Data provided in the database here comprise weather stations, cloud data, micrometeorology, marine sediment cores and high-resolution bathymetry.

The expedition started and ended in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, and lasted from August 8 to September 20, 2016.

Map

Citation

Michael Tjernström, Martin Jakobsson (2024) Data from expedition Arctic Ocean, 2016. Dataset version 2. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/oden-ao-2016-expedition-2

References

Gårdfeldt K, Lindgren Å (2017) SWEDARCTIC Arctic Ocean 2016: Expedition Report, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, 117 pp

O'Regan M, Coxall HK, Cronin TM, Gyllencreutz R, Jakobsson M, Kaboth S, Löwemark L, Wiers S, West G (2019) Stratigraphic Occurrences of Sub-Polar Planktic Foraminifera in Pleistocene Sediments on the Lomonosov Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Earth Science 7:71. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00071

Comments

The expedition was made in collaboration between Sweden and Canada with Swedish icebreaker Oden and Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent operating together. The Swedish research was focused on environmental chemistry, marine geology and atmospheric research. Also Danish and Norwegian researchers worked on board Oden with marine geology and ice management. The logistics of the expedition was supported by the Swedish Polar Secretariat. The aim of the Canadian research programme was to collect data in support of Canada’s extended continental shelf submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, prepared in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The scientific program had a specific component of  bringing early career scientists onboard Oden. These were supervised by the principal investigators, also with respect to their post cruise analyses.

Participants

Chief scientist onboard Oden

• Katarina Gårdfeldt, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Chief scientist onboard Louis S. St-Laurent

• Mary-Lynn Dickson, Natural Resources Canada

Principal investigators onboard Oden

• Katarina Gårdfeldt, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Michael Tjernström, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Patrick Crill, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Per Holmlund, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden

Reports

• Cruise report

See more information at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.

Version history

Version 2

10 datasets.

Version 1

Initial release. 8 datasets.