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 […]
The Polar Connect Initiative: A Key Topic at the PTC25 Conference
On January 19th–22nd, the Polar Connect team, in collaboration with NORDUnet, attended the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s (PTC) annual conference in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. This conference focuses on advancements in global communications infrastructure, bringing together industry leaders to explore innovations in undersea cable networks, regional connectivity, and the future of global communications infrastructure. One notable session was […]
Strengthening Arctic Collaboration at Arctic Partnership Week in Korea
On December 12, the Polar Connect team represented by Lisa Olsson (VR/Sunet), Per Nihlén (VR/Sunet) and Valter Nordh (NORDUnet), participated in the Arctic Partnership Week in Busan, Korea, together with Thomas Neidenmark (Government Offices of Sweden). This annual event, organized by the Korea Maritime Institute and the Arctic Economic Council (among others) since 2016, serves […]
Polar Connect represented at the first Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic in Kiruna
On November 6-7, researchers, authorities and actors from civil society gathered in Kiruna for the Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic. In the session News from the Swedish platforms for Polar Science, Julia Muchowski gave a presentation on Polar Connect and the North Pole Fiber. She also had a booth outside the main hall where […]
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 […]
Arctic connectivity as research infrastructure for scientific observations
Nordic and international researchers are keen to equip the future Polar Connect fibre optic submarine communication cable through the Arctic Ocean with sensors to support a range of scientific fields. Marine wildlife, earthquakes, and changes in the heat content of our oceans are just three examples of topics which can be studied by equipping a […]
North Pole Fiber Project Finds New Opportunities at the CEF Digital Community Event
On 17th October 2024 the Polar Connect team attended the first CEF Digital Community Event in Brussels. Per Nihlén and Lisa Olsson, from Sunet, and Valter Nordh and Ieva Muraskiene, from NORDUnet, represented the North Pole Fiber Project. The CEF Digital Community Event was organised by the European Commission, in collaboration with HaDEA, and brought […]
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 […]
