After reaching the marginal ice zone with the #FramStraitNPI cruise on #FFKronprinsHaakon yesterday, we had our first polar bear visitor in the evening.Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute Oceans & Sea Ice NPI
📸 Johannes Lohse CIRFA_SFI UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Photographed from space!🛰️ Two pixels stand out in this Sentinel-1 radar satellite image - and it is #FFKronprinsHaakon on the ongoing #FramStrait NPI Cruise! We use images like this to get an overview over the ice conditions in the #FramStrait
Oceans & Sea Ice NPI
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ESA Earth Observation
Retrieving water samples from 3300m deep Nansen basin #Arctic takes 2 hours #NPIArcticOceanCruise Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute #FFKronprinsHaakon 🇳🇴
At 78° N, 3° W ➡️ the #FramstraitNPI cruise retrieved the first out of seven moorings in the #FramStrait .
Next step: Maintenance and data downloading before we deploy it again on our way back east to #Svalbard .
📷Trine Lise Helgerud #NorwegianPolarInstitute
#FFKronprinsHaakon
When in Tromsø this weeek for the Arctic Frontiers I visited the 🇳🇴 research vessel #FFKronprinsHaakon . With state of the art laboratories and ice breaking capacity she’s a wonderful instrument for our important polar research.
Enthusiastic #Arctic students on the ice over the Nansen Basin training on research methods and sampling. #NPIArcticOceanCruise #FFKronprinsHaakon Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute Sonja Gindorf Ole Arve Misund
📸 Sonja Gindorf, Stockholms universitet
ARCTIC OCEAN: The NPI Arctic Ocean Cruise 2 is working in the Nansen basin at the moment!
14 students from Arctic nations are on board. Meet them in this video: youtu.be/PHE4_l0yz6E?t=…
#NPIArcticOceanCruise #FFKronprinsHaakon
📸Jessica Cook, Arctic Council Secretariat
What happens in the #Arctic does not stay in the Arctic➡️Hence, eight polar science directors from eight countries met onboard #FFKronprinsHaakon in #Tromsø to discuss how to better coordinate science in the Polar Ocean.
Arctic Frontiers
📷Ellen Øseth/Norwegian Polar Institute
Our Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute team are now boarding #FFKronprinsHaakon in Longyearbyen ( #Svalbard ) to conduct this year's #FramStraitNPI cruise, and will head off towards east #Greenland for the annual oceanographic and sea ice cruise. Bon voyage!
📸Trine Lise Sviggum Helgerud Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute
Latest catch - ECRs storting the pelagic trawl catch in #ArcticOcean on board #FFKronprinsHaakon Ole Arve Misund Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute Juni Bjørneset
#FFKronprinsHaakon entering the sea ice North of #Svalbard with students from #Arctic Countries Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute AMAP Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment #NPIArcticOceanCruise NOAA instagram.com/reel/Cv2Sb9zLS…
#Arctic ECRs Emily Stidham University of Alaska and Malou Platou Johansen UiT Norges arktiske universitet sharing their knowledge and research plans with #NPIArcticOceanCruise participants onboard 🇳🇴 #FFKronprinsHaakon Norsk Polarinstitutt // Norwegian Polar Institute
Frankrikes ambassadør i Norge, Florence Robine, besøkte NPs forskningsfartøy #FFKronprinsHaakon i #Tromsø Arctic Frontiers 🇫🇷🇳🇴
Norge og Frankrike samarbeider bl.a. godt i Ny-Ålesund og i Antarktistraktatsamarbeidet.
La France en Norvège Florence Robine
📷Evy Jørgensen/Norsk Polarinstitutt
Fair winds and following seas! Right now, the research vessel and icebreaker #FFKronprinsHaakon has pointed its bow towards the #ArcticOcean for our first research cruise this summer. #NPIArcticOceanCruise
📷Ann Kristin Balto/Norwegian Polar Institute
This is the planned route:
Side-event Arctic Frontiers on board #ffkronprinshaakon discussing the need for international #arctic research collaboration to meet societal needs. @norskpolar Arctic PASSION @framcentre
Det nyleg avslutta Polhavstoktet fann store mengder lodde over skråninga til det djupe #Polhavet for første gong ➡️ npolar.no/nyhet/lodda-lu…
#NPIArcticOceanCruise #ArcticOcean #FFKronprinsHaakon
📷Jessica Cook, Arctic Council
Storbritannias ambassadør i Norge, Richard Wood, besøkte NPs forskningsfartøy #FFKronprinsHaakon Arctic Frontiers🇬🇧🇳🇴
Norge og Storbritannia har et sterkt forskningssamarbeid på Svalbard og samarbeider også i Antarktistraktatsamarbeidet.
British Embassy Oslo 🇬🇧🇳🇴
Richard Wood 🇬🇧
#UKandNorway
Forskningsskipet Kronprins Haakon hadde i dag besøk av journalister under Arctic Frontiers i #Tromsø ➡️Isbjørnforsker Jon Aars fortalte bl.a. om status for isbjørnpopulasjonen i Barentshavet #FFKronprinsHaakon
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📷Kjetil Rydland/UiT
CIRFA_SFI scientists are supporting sea ice research and navigation onboard #FFKronprinsHaakon during the #FramStraitNPI cruise. The sea ice conditions are challenging this year, and Sentinel-1 imagery from ESA Earth Observation is of great help for tactical decisions and route planning.