Expedition Skagerak

Ice, cold waters, and research at the frontline of climate change. In this episode of Expedition Skagerak , PhD student Wilma Ljungberg takes us on board the University of Gothenburg’s high-tech research vessel R/V Skagerak as she prepares for a month-long expedition to Svalbard. From instrument testing and long shifts at sea to teamwork, seasickness, and scientific detective work in Arctic fjords...

The mystery  of Bratten’s cold-water corals sets the stage as marine biologist  Rhian Waller  takes us deep into this remote, protected marine area in the Skagerrak. Aboard R/V Skagerak, she and her team study coral communities thriving hundreds of metres below the surface. Rhian reveals what it’s like to conduct science in these extreme environments: the methods they rely on, the technology they...