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Polar expeditions film archive

This page contains a series of short films which describe Stockholm University's roll in International Polar Year. If you have problems accessing any of these films, please see our YouTube page.

Sweden and polar research

Stockholm University Researchers have played leading roles in a number of Polar expeditions that have taken place as part of the International Polar Year (IPY - spans 2007-2009). This short film details some of these expeditions, as well as other important Polar research projects.

Sweden and polar research

Archaeology in Lapland

How did people live in the far North thousands of years ago? The answer is that we don't really know. Professor of archaeology Kerstin Lidén and archaeological researcher Andreas Viberg have tried to find out more about northern Sweden's past with interesting results! During their excavations they have even found ancient candy in the earth!

Archaeology in Lapland

Arctic cloud formation

The Arctic is an unusually cloudy place, especially during summer - but yet there is a shortage of particles from which clouds can form. How does this make sense? Michael Tjernström, professor of Boundary Layer Meteorology and Caroline Leck, professor of Chemical Meteorology have found the answer.

Arctic cloud formation

Carbon fluxes in the East Siberian Sea

Large fluxes of carbon, material and water pass from the Siberian Tundra to the Arctic Ocean. Örjan Gustafsson, professor of bio-geochemistry at Stockholm University has studied the effects that these fluxes have on the climate.

Carbon fluxes in the East Siberian Sea

Survey of Swedish Arctic Fox

Tomas Meijer, zoologist from Stockholm University, has made a survey of the threatened Swedish Arctic Fox. In making the survey he spent almost two months collecting material, completely alone in the Swedish Arctic.

Survey of Swedish Arctic Fox

Tarfala Research Station

Tarfala research station is a unique research and teaching station, located in the valley of one of the best-studied glaciers in the world, the Storglaciären ("Great Glacier") at Kebnekaise. Measurements of how the glacier responds to climate change were begun in 1946 by Professor Hans W:son Ahlmann.

Tarfala Research Station