Stockholm University film awarded at Explorers Festival
The Stockholm University film ”Chasing the Arctic Melt” was awarded ”Best Science Film” at the Explorers Festival in Iceland in November. The film takes place aboard the icebreaker Oden, where a group of scientists study the rhythm of the Arctic melt, revealing the human side of research.
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“This film captures a side of science and field work that we normally never get to display. The struggle with disappointment and the joy of success; feelings that typically have no place on scientific conferences. I'm so glad we were able to arrange so that this film could be made!” says Michael Tjernström, Professor at Stockholm University and Chief Scientist for ARTofMELT2023 together with Paul Zieger, Co-Chief Scientist and Professor in Environmental Science at Stockholm University.
Successful collaboration
“Michael and Paul, without you, the researchers, your trust and your commitment, this film would never have been made. This is one of the best examples of successful collaboration between filmmakers, communicators and researchers“, says Stella Papadopoulou, participant on the expedition as a filmmaker and research assistant and research communicator at the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University.
ARTofMELT2023
The fast-changing Arctic climate is determined by a balance between heat imported from the south, most of it in the atmosphere, and energy lost to space by radiation at the top of the Arctic atmosphere. The expedition ARTofMELT2023 (Atmospheric Rivers and the Onset of Sea Ice Melt 2023), led by researchers from Stockholm University collected unique observations of the processes that govern the transition from winter to summer in the high Arctic, the time when the Arctic ice starts melting.
Last updated: 2025-12-12
Source: Communications Office