Back from the Arctic: Oden brings new data for Polar Connect
⛴️ The Swedish icebreaker Oden has returned to Svalbard after a six-week Arctic expedition, bringing back valuable seabed survey data in support of the Polar Connect initiative. Departing on 9 August and returning on 19 September, Oden carried out extensive seabed surveys in the Arctic Ocean, focusing on the Lomonosov Ridge and two key gaps […]
Polar Connect in Focus at Round-table Discussion in Korea
On 4–5 September 2025, representatives from the Swedish Research Council and the Ministry of Education visited South Korea to participate in the 4th Sweden–Korea Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology, held in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea. While the visit primarily served to deepen bilateral cooperation […]
Polar Connect Workshop: Fibre Sensing and Arctic Operations
Earlier this month, the Polar Connect initiative hosted a highly technical workshop, bringing together subsea cable experts, fibre sensing specialists, and key stakeholders. The meeting provided an in-depth forum for exploring the unique challenges and opportunities of deploying and operating a submarine fibre cable across the Arctic Ocean. Discussions focused on advanced fibre sensing technologies, […]
PC1 and NPF project meetings in Helsingborg
This week in Helsingborg, Sweden, project partners in the North Pole Fiber and Polar Connect Step 1 projects came together for a focused two-day workshop, generously hosted by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. Participants included representatives from NORDUnet, SUNET, DeiC, GlobalConnect, DTU – Technical University of Denmark, and the European Commission’s European Health and Digital […]
High-level Polar Connect meeting on board the Oden Icebreaker
On 17 June 2025, a high-level meeting was held aboard the Swedish icebreaker Oden in Helsingborg, attended by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Swedish Minister of Education Johan Pehrson, representatives from the Swedish Arctic Embassy, NORDUnet, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, and the European Commission. The overarching objective for the meeting was […]
North Pole Fiber Presented at EGU 2025
From April 27 to May 2, 2025, Julia Muchowski from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat participated in the EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna, Austria. During the event, Julia Muchowski presented Polar Connect and the North Pole Fiber project at a well-attended poster session, helping to raise awareness of the initiative among a broad audience. Her presentation […]
Polar Connect Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week 2025
The Polar Connect team participated in the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Boulder, US, from 20–28 March 2025. The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) organises the yearly conference to provide opportunities for coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the various scientific organisations involved in Arctic research. This year’s summit was particularly important, as it included the […]
Polar Connect presented at Arctic Frontiers 2025
On January 27th – 30th 2025, Katarina Gårdfeldt and Julia Muchowski from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat attended the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway. On the first evening of the event, Julia presented Polar Connect and the North Pole Fiber project at a well-attended interdisciplinary poster session, raising awareness about the initiative to a […]
Polar Connect highlighted at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik
The session “Digitizing the Arctic – Science and Industry Synergies” was held at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik on October 19, 2024. Jørgen Qvist, Katarina Gårdfeldt and Julia Muchowski presented the Polar Connect initiative (which includes North Pole Fiber). The topics covered during the session were: The session was very well attended, and there […]
Invitation: Opportunities for a long-term Arctic Observatory using Submarine Cables (Webinar)
💡 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱!📅 7 October 2024, 2:00PM CEST👉 https://nordu.net/PC_0710 👈 The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has the pleasure of inviting you to a webinar on Polar Connect. The goal of Polar Connect is to build a submarine cable system between Northern Europe and East Asia, equipped with […]
