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Annual SCAR Report on
National Antarctic Scientific Activities 2001 - 2002
and Planned New Programmes

Sweden
1 July 2001 - 30 June 2002

Member Country:   Sweden

National SCAR Committee
Title

Swedish National Committee for Antarctic Research
Address

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 50005
SE-104 05 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone: +46-8-673 95 00
Fax: +46-8-15 56 70
E-mail: dick@kva.se
Name Address
Chairman/President Professor David Gee
Secretary

Representatives:
to SCAR
Permanent Delegate D Gee 4
Alternate Delegate D Hedberg 1
to SCAR Working Groups
Biology B Fernholm 5
Geodesy and Geographic Information L Sjöberg 6
Geosciences K Larsson 7
Glaciology P Holmlund 8
Human Biology and Medicine I Holmér 9
Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere H-C Hansson 10
Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research P O Hulth 11

National Operating Agency
Title Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Address

P.O. Box 50003
SE-104 05 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone: +46-8-673 96 00
Fax: +46-8-15 20 57
E-mail: office@polar.se
Director Professor Anders Karlqvist
COMNAP Representative A Karlqvist 2
SCALOP Representative M Augner 3

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Wintering Stations
Name Location Coordinates
None
Summer-only Stations
Name Location Coordinates
Wasa Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land

73°03'S
13°25'W
Svea Heimefrontfjella, Dronning Maud Land

74°35'S
11°13'W

Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier Coordinates Parameters Recorded
AMANDA (The US-Swedish-German-Belgian Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array) South Pole Intensity and time arrival of Cherenkov photons

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Member Country : Sweden

National Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Tardigrades in polar areas Energetics and life history WASA, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land Jan 2002 I Jönsson 13
Lichens in and between nunatakks Distribution of lichens WASA, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land Jan 2002 A Telenius 14
Nunatakk microfauna Local and regional biodiversity of microfauna WASA, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land Jan 2002 B Sohlenius 15

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None this year

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None this year

Glaciology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None this year

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Sea birds, seals Global dispersal of man associated bacteria and viruses (zoonoses) The Peninsula Jan 2002 B Olsen 16

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Electric currents in the atmosphere Measurements with HF antenna, wire etc WASA Jan 2002 S Kirkwood 17

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject Investigation Investigation Duration Principal Investigator Address
AMANDA: Neutrinos, Muons, Cherenkov photons Composition of universe South Pole ongoing P O Hulth 11

Environment
Subject Investigation Investigation Duration Principal Investigator Address
Lichens, microorganisms, snow, ice, soil Env. impact assessment Stations WASA and SVEA ongoing A Modig 12

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Member Country : Sweden

Planned New Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Glaciology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Ice sheets Ice dynamics and snow accumulation Vestfjella and Heimefront fjella; DML start in January 2003 P Holmlund and V Pohjola 8
18
Subglacial bedrock topography Radar measurements Heimefront fjella; DML January 2003 P Holmlund 8

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Man and cold Validation of wind chill and IREQ-indices WASA and ABOA, Vestfjella, DML ongoing I Holmér 9

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Aerosols and weather Weather station and air sampling WASA start in January 2003 K Noone 19
Electric currents in the atmosphere Measurements with HF antenna, wire etc WASA ongoing S Kirkwood 17

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
AMANDA Composition of universe South Pole ongoing P O Hulth 11

Environment
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Lichens, microorganisms, snow, ice, soil Env. impact assessment Stations WASA and SVEA ongoing A Modig 12

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Member Country : Sweden

Contact Addresses, Telephone, Facsimile and E-mail numbers

1.
Polar Research Committee,
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Box 50005,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-673 95 66;
Fax: +46-8-15 56 70;
e-mail: dick@kva.se

2.
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat,
Box 50005,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-673 96 01;
Fax: +46-8-15 20 57;
e-mail: anders@polar.se

3.
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat,
Box 50005,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-673 96 03;
Fax: +46-8-15 20 57;
e-mail: magnus@polar.se

4.
Department of Earth Sciences,
Geophysics, University of Uppsala,
Villavägen 16,
SE-752 29 Uppsala,
Sweden.
Tel: +46-18-471 23 80;
Fax: +46-18-50 11 10;
e-mail: gee@geofys.uu.se

5.
Section for Vertebrate Zoology,
Swedish Museum of Natural History,
Box 50007,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-5195 41 10;
Fax: +46-8-5195 42 12;
e-mail:

6.
Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry,
Royal Institute of Technology,
SE-100 44 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-790 73 30;
Fax: +46-8-790 73 42;
e-mail: sjoberg@geomatics.kth.se

7.
Department of Geology,
University of Lund,
Sölvegatan 13,
SE-223 62 Lund,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-46-222 78 71;
Fax: +46-46-12 14 77;
e-mail: kent.larsson@geol.lu.se

8.
Department of Physical Geography,
University of Stockholm,
SE-106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-16 48 11;
Fax: +46-8-16 48 18;
e-mail: per.holmlund@natgeo.su.se

9.
Department for Working- and Environmental Physiology,National Institute for Working Life,
SE-171 84 Solna,
Sweden.

Tel:+46-8-730 91 00;
Fax:+46-8-730 19 67;
e-mail: iholmer@niwl.se

10.
Department of Meteorology,
University of Stockholm,
SE-106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-16 24 02;
Fax: +46-8-15 92 95;
e-mail: hc@misu.su.se

11.
Department of Physics,
University of Stockholm,
Box 6730,
SE-113 85 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-16 46 33;
Fax: +46-8-34 78 17;
e-mail: hulth@physto.se

12.
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat,
Box 50005,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-673 96 10;
Fax: +46-8-15 20 57;
e-mail: anders.modig@polar.se

13.
Department of Ecology, Theoretical Ecology,
University of Lund,
Sölvegatan 13,
SE-223 62 Lund,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-46-222 37 71;
Fax: +46-46-222 37 66;
e-mail: ingemar@wallace.teorekol.lu.se

14.
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Mälardalen University,
Box 325,
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-16-15 34 74;
Fax:
e-mail: anders.telenius@mdh.se

15.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology,
Swedish Museum of Natural History,
Box 50007,
SE-104 05 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-5195 42 30;
Fax: +46-8-5195 41 25;
e-mail: bjorn.sohlenius@nrm.se

16.
Department of Infectious Diseases,
LSK,
SE-391 85 Kalmar,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-480-810 00;
Fax: +46-480-44 89 86;
e-mail: bjornol@ltkalmar.se

17.
Swedish Institute of Space Research, Atmospheric Research Programme,
Box 812,
SE-981 28 Kiruna,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-70-654 66 71;
Fax: +46-980-790 50;
e-mail: sheila.kirkwood@irf.se

18.
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Uppsala,
Villav. 16,
SE-752 36 Uppsala,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-18-471 25 09;
Fax: +46-18-471 25 92;
e-mail: veijo.pohjola@natgeog.uu.se

19.
Department of Meteorology,
University of Stockholm,
SE-106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Tel: +46-8-16 26 64;
Fax: +46-8-15 92 95;
e-mail: kevin.noone@misu.su.se