{"id":5194,"date":"2026-02-03T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:13:29","slug":"polar-connect-step-2-has-officially-kicked-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/polar-connect-step-2-has-officially-kicked-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Connect Step 2 has officially kicked off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>We\u2019re excited to announce the start of\u00a0Polar Connect Step 2 (24-EU-DIG-PC2), a new 36-month project preparing the next phase of resilient Arctic digital connectivity.<br>PC2 is supported by\u00a0\u20ac4.97 million in EU funding\u00a0through the\u00a0Connecting Europe Facility (hashtag<br>(CEFDigital), with a total project budget of\u00a0\u20ac9.94 million.<br><br>This backing underlines the growing strategic importance of Arctic connectivity for Europe and beyond.<br>The project brings together partners from across the Nordics and Europe, combining research, infrastructure, and Arctic expertise.<br><br>Project beneficiaries:<br>\u2022 Vetenskapsr\u00e5det \/ Swedish Research Council\/ SUNET (Coordinator)<br>\u2022 NORDUnet<br>\u2022 GlobalConnect<br>\u2022 Swedish Polar Research Secretariat<br>\u2022 CSC &#8211; IT Center for Science<br>with G\u00c9ANT participating as an associated partner.<br><br>During PC2, the project will focus on Arctic cable route studies, resilience and repair in extreme ice conditions, and laying the groundwork for future deployment.<br><br>This marks an important milestone for Polar Connect:<br>from ambition to concrete preparation for the next generation of global connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Polar-Connect-PC2-Kick-off.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Polar Connect-PC2 Kick off\u306e\u57cb\u3081\u8fbc\u307f\u3002\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5927c457-7bfd-4e94-86b1-537417b29bb1\" href=\"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Polar-Connect-PC2-Kick-off.pdf\">Polar Connect-PC2 Kick off<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Polar-Connect-PC2-Kick-off.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5927c457-7bfd-4e94-86b1-537417b29bb1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce the start of\u00a0Polar Connect Step 2 (24-EU-DIG-PC2), a new 36-month project preparing  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polarconnect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5197,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194\/revisions\/5197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}