1. Update from Sverdrup Station and Zeppelin Observatory Dr. Christina A. Pedersen Scientific co-ordinator Norwegian Polar Institute

2. Per Erik Hanevold Station Manager Christian Zoelly Logistic engineer Leif Arild Håhjem Operative Engineer Wojtek Moskal Logistic engineer Anne-Cathrine Nilsen Operative Engineer Hans Erik Fjeld Operative Engineer SVERDRUPSVERDRUP STATIONSTATION

3. Research days

4. Researchers Projects

5. NPI servises NPI is maintaining the measurements for 12 institutions (2 national and 9 international) at the Zeppelin Observatory, and 12 institutions (7 national and 5 international) at and around Sverdrup Station

6. Using Zeppelin Observatory Contact our station manager

7. NPI projects 2015 3231 Mass balance Ny-Ålesund glaciers. Jack Kohler. NP 09.04 – 01.06 2015 including J. C- Gallets BC and snow project 2372 Svalbard reindeer monitiring, Brøggerhalvøya. Åshild Ø Pedersen. NP 13.04 – 27.04 og 30.07 – 13.08 2015 10211 Trophic transfer and genotoxicity of pahs, their alkylated homologues and metabolites along arctic and sub arctic marine food chains. Maria Granberg. NP 01.06 – 02.07 2015 3689 Seabird monitoring in Kongsfjorden: Eider, geese and kittiwakes. Geir Wing Gabrielsen. NP 18.06 – 29.06 2015 2949 Sea ice monitoring Spitsbergen. S Gerland. NP 16.04 – 20.04 2015 361 Seabird populations monitoring (SEAPOP). Sebastian Deschamps. NP 04.06 – 06.08 2015 10271 Panarictic study on ocean acidification adaptation in copepods. Peter Thor. NP 22.06 - 27.07 2015

8. NPI project 2015 (cont.) 10252 Environmental monitoring Svalbard and Jan Mayen - Arctic Ecosystem Monitoring (MOSJ-AEM) Katrine Husum, RV Lance, 13.07.17.07 Monitoring Arctic Fox, Eva Fuglei, 25.06-09.07 Vegetation monitoring Virve Ravolainen, Brøgger pensnsula and more, 30.07-13.08

9. Massbalanace Ny-Å glaciers Austre Brøggerbreen from 1967 Midtre Lovénbreen from 1968 Kongsvegen from 1987

10. · Longyearbyen · Ny-Ålesund Austfonna NPI Other NPI-UiO Svalbard mass balance programs

11. Ny-Ålesund BRG MLB Austre Brøggerbreen (BRG) and Midre Lovénbreen (MLB) long Arctic mass balance time- series. Started 1967, 1968, respectively. Kongsvegen (KNG) Started 1987. Kronebreen (KRB) - Holtedahlfonna (HDF), Started 2004 NPI mass balance KNG KRBHDF

12. NPI Kongsfjord glacier mass balance BRGMLBConsistently negative mass balance on the small glaciers, BRG and MLB Winter precipitation less variable than summer melt BRG MLB2001-2007 very negative period for BRG and MLB. KNG2001-2005 very negative period for KNG. KNGKRB-HDF well correlated with KNG, but more negative since it is a tidewater (i.e. calving) glacier. KRB-HDF more negative since 2011 due to increase in speed at calving front and to retreat from stable front position BRG MLB KNG KRB-HDF

13. Summed mass balance ≈ volume change BRGMLBSmall glaciers BRG and MLB steadily retreating, accelerated 2001-2007 KNGMore negative balances after 2000 lead to net loss since 1986 for KNG KNGKRB-HDF surface mass balance similar to KNG When calving and front retreat is added, KRB-HDF considerably more negative than all other glaciers

14. NPI scientist J.C. Gallet sampling Kongsvegen snow

15. NPI Ph.D. student Ankit Pramanik

16. Chris Nuth (UiO) and Ankit Pramanik measuring density at Brøggerbreen

17. Holtedahlfonna

18. Jack Kohler and J.C. Gallet drilling a firn core at Holtedahlfonna

19. The core barrel comes up…

20. The core!

21. Bookkeeping

22. Sounding snow depth on Holtedahlfonna

23. Sverdrup projects 2015 6441 Mercury in the Arctic: The roles that athmosphere, aerosols, snow and ground play on the mercury cycle at Ny-Ålesund. Ingrid Tømmerdal. NTNU 10 – 19.04 2015 5820 Collaborative investigation of climate cryosphere interaction. Rune Storvold. NORUT and NOAA 09.04 – 04.05 2015 10117 Levels of POPS and HG and potential effects on progesterone levels in breeding glaucous gulls (Larus Hyperboreus at Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Hans Jakob Jakobsen. NTNU 26.05 – 27.06 2015 10208 The microbial methane filter in the Arctic: Resilience and response to climate change. Mette Marianne Svenning. UiT 23.07 – 06.08 2015 6155 Calving rates and inpact on sea level. Doug Benn. UNIS 30.04 – 07.05 2015 10094 Probing the atmospheric surface layer during the arctic night: The role of turbulent structures. Bekim Braimi. UIO 16.03 – 26.03 2015 3274 Greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin station. Ove Hermansen. NILU 09.03 – 01.04 2015 10089 Glacier Dynamics and Mass change from autonomous GNSS observations of the Kongsvegen/Kronebreen region. Christopher Nuth. UiO 16.04 – 10.05 2015 6783 Glaciers as arctic ecosystem refugia. Jan Marcin Weslawski. Polish Academy of Sciences 04.08 – 10.08 2015 10290 Contaminants in Antarctic and Arctic avian wildlife: Climatic and ecological drivers, comparative polar perspective, and effects. Norith Eckbo. UiO 15.06 – 22.06 2015 10278 Effects of dispersed oil droplets and produced water components on growth, development and reproduction in arctic pelagic copepods. Ida Beathe Øverjordet. SINTEF og Lurgi Salaverria. NTNU 27.08 – 14.09 2015 10240 Branta – Dulcis: The effect of nutrient input from migrating birds on the succession of freshwater communities of different ages in Svalbard. Inta Dimante-Deimantovica, NINA 17.08 – 20.08 2015 6816 Ecosystem stress from the combined effects of winter climate change and air pollution. How do the impacts differ between biomes. Jarle W Bjerke. NINA 08.06 – 10.08 2015

24. Sverdrup projects 2015 (cont.) 10089 Glacier Dynamics and Mass change from autonomous GNSS observations of the Kongsvegen/Kronebreen region. Christopher Nuth. UiO 16.04 – 10.05 2015 10290 Contaminants in Antarctic and Arctic avian wildlife: Climatic and ecological drivers, comparative polar perspective, and effects. Norith Eckbo. UiO 15.06 – 22.06 2015 10278 Effects of dispersed oil droplets and produced water components on growth, development and reproduction in arctic pelagic copepods. Ida Beathe Øverjordet. SINTEF og Lurgi Salaverria. NTNU 27.08 – 14.09 2015 10240 Branta – Dulcis: The effect of nutrient input from migrating birds on the succession of freshwater communities of different ages in Svalbard. Inta Dimante-Deimantovica, NINA 17.08 – 20.08 2015 6816 Ecosystem stress from the combined effects of winter climate change and air pollution. How do the impacts differ between biomes. Jarle W Bjerke. NINA 08.06 – 10.08 2015

25. Sverdrup/Zep. Projects 2015 (cont.) 6575 Mare Incognitum – ecological processes during the polar night. Piotr Balazy. Polish Academy of Sciences. 03.08 – 11.08 2015 3615 Atospheric monitoring at the Zeppelin research station. Anki Andersson. SU 19.03 – 26.03 2015 3274 Greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin station. Ove Hermansen. NILU 09.03 – 01.04 2015

26. ASUF….

27. Norwegian Young Ice drift Main goal: To understand the effects of the new thin, first year, sea ice regime in the Arctic on energy flux, ice dynamics and the ice associated ecosystem, and local and global climate.

28. N-ICE 2015: Lance frozen in to the ice 18 th January Some sampling commenced immediately within a week the camp was up and running Measurements: Weather and Atmosphere Oceanography Ice and snow properties Ice dynamics CTD and water samples NASA Ice bridge overflight BAS overflight 19 th April www.npolar.no/n-ice2015