The Polar Voyage GoNorth: Departing the Arctic Ocean Loaded With Unique Data The first phase of the polar voyage GoNorth has concluded, and Norway has become a little better acquainted with its Arctic backyard. "Seismic inspections were made in areas we previously knew very little about. In addition, data was collected on everything from life in the Arctic Ocean via long-distance pollution to the past and present sea ice," says Sintef Researcher Daniel Albert.
The New Norwegian Continental Shelf Is Now Being Explored In the middle of October, the icebreaker «RV Kronprins Haakon» left the port in Longyearbyen, heading for the Nansen Basin north of Svalbard with 35 researchers from 13 institutions on board. Thus, the Norwegian polar sea program GoNorth has begun.
