
The last station
We left the Greenland Sea in a rush! After searching for ice-free waters and mapping …

Most fabulous experience
The Arctic ice pack is a natural wonder. Observations over the past decades show that …

Polar bear in sight!
It happens during the sea-ice coring when Anna Silyakova, Henry Patton and Christine Lockwood-Ireland are …

Harvesting the DNA
Watching the ice break is as captivating and mesmerising as watching the fire burn. Text …

Beauty of the Dark
A November cruise towards Greenland is challenging. You only realise it when you face it. …

The sound of sea ice hitting the hull
This cruise will be a bit of an adventure, in that it is the first …

Greenland in the Dark
Shall I start with COVID-19? Yes. I can assure you that we keep social distancing, …

Picking up plastic trash
According to a study from 2015 1, between 4.8 to 12.7 million tons of plastic …

“Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!” – Fridtjof Nansen
What is it that attracts the explorer’s heart so much to the sea? To the …
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Fish gets in the way
You never stop learning. That this is the core philosophy of our profession and the …

Rituals after our Arctic expeditions
It has become a tradition that when we finish an expedition in Longyearbyen, we celebrate …

Into the fjord
For the last two days, we have been waiting for the arrival of the bad …

Vestnesa is hot with fever
When I Ieft for the cruise I had strong mixed feelings about leaving. My one-year-old …

It’s all about that heat and stress (tectonic, of course)
We had a rough transit from Tromsø to the Fram Strait. Six-meter waves and …
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Mixed Emotions
Setting up a demanding scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean in the midst of a …

Hidden Fractures of the Mother Earth
Text and photo: Andreia Plaza-Faverola, researcher CAGE; project leader SEAMSTRESS. By the time the last …

Searching for the unexpected signals in the deep sea
Text and photo: Andreia Plaza-Faverola, researcher CAGE; project leader SEAMSTRESS We started the cruise abiding by …
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A special kind of fishing trip
Text and photos: Andrea Plaza-Faverola, researcher CAGE; project leader SEAMSTRESS. Seven ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) …

An altruistic beginning for SEAMSTRESS expedition
Text: Andreia Plaza-Faverola, leader. SEAMSTRESS project. The second expedition to continue with the Ocean …
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Wrapped up on the way home
After discovering new hot spots for methane release and collecting nice new data set, we …

Hunting for flares
For the duration of this cruise, we are hunters. Not for wildlife, not for the …

Murphy’s law strikes in High Arctic
According to the so-called Murphy’s law “If something can go wrong, it will. And usually …

The last day
We ended the cruise in the Trondheimsfjord. After completing the program in the Vestbrona Volcanic …

You cannot work for 24 hours!
What is the purpose of a research cruise, you may ask? Yes, spend the time …

Paparazzi on the high seas
Being in the limelight can be so stressful, it can lead people to give up …

Steaming south-southwest
After we finished the final ROV operations at the South Canyon in Lofoten around Monday …

Midnight sun trip through amazing scenery
As I’m writing this, we’ve just finished our first-day onboard Research Vessel G.O. Sars. Text: …

Leaving Tromsø onboard RV “G.O. Sars” on a brilliant summer day
We set out for a journey, chasing the freshwater from an ancient ice sheet, on …
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Chasing the freshwater from an old ice sheet
During a spectacular cruise in 2017 onboard RV “G.O. Sars” a CAGE team of scientists …

Chief Scientists Diary: Jochen Knies
NOVEMBER 7. Dear team and crew: Thank you for your spirit and motivation! The last …

Always be afraid of DNA contamination!
Text and photos: Danielle Grant and Kristine Steinsland, NORCE Climate Danielle and Kristine here! We …

Chief Scientists Diary: Jochen Knies
November 3: On Overconfidence and High Spirits Well, we became quite confident in what we …

Long days and beautiful views
Text and photos: Remi Vachon WEDNESDAY, October 30, 2019. It is my first time …

Chief Scientist’s Blog: Jochen Knies
October 28, 2019: It is all about teamwork The routines onboard are now settled. Everyone …

Working 8448
Text and Photos: Jens Gruetzner, Jens is a researcher in the Geophysics department at the …

Pore water and cinnamon rolls
Text and photos: Simone Sauer Last week was great on the RV Kronprins Haakon. We …

A core that stretches forever
Text and photos: Carmen Braun This is my first cruise with a Calypso corer, so …

Chief Scientist’s Diary: Jochen Knies
October 26, 2019: Bend it like Beckham. Well, things can go terribly wrong during an …

Creating lots of sound without too much noise
Text: Frances Cooke This is my first cruise aboard the Kronprins Haakon. It is a …

Core on deck? All hands on deck!
Text and photos: Mariana da Silveira Ramos Esteves, Follow Mariana on Twitter for more Arctic …

Chief Scientist’s Diary: Jochen Knies
October 23-24, 2019: Patience now, please! The cruise leader is supposed to design a scientific …

Braving the stormy seas
Text and photos: Mariana da Silveira Ramos Esteves, Follow Mariana on Twitter for more Arctic …

Chief Scientist’s Diary: Jochen Knies
October 21, 2019: Sea sickness medication is distributed. We reached the first station in the …

Ready, set, go! Next stop – Vestnesa Ridge in the Fram Strait
Text and photos: Mariana da Silveira Ramos Esteves, Follow Mariana on Twitter for more Arctic …
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Take the tour: Research Vessel Kronprins Haakon
On the 18th October, there was a sense of excitement in the air as scientists …