This webpage provides an overview of fieldwork activities relevant to the BIOPOLE project in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Completed or ongoing fieldwork can be viewed on the maps accessible via the two icons below. The maps are a harmonised view showing in a similar way at both polar regions fieldwork efforts that are of interest to BIOPOLE, where the BIOPOLE members either lead the efforts (red points), participate in the fieldwork (blue points) or are users of the data generated as part of other projects (green points). All projects that contributed with their fieldwork activity are displayed on the maps and are also listed in the tables at the bottom of the page.
Each point on the map represents a sampling effort location collecting samples of one or several specified type, such as zooplankton, phytoplankton, nutrients, isotopes of oxygen, silica or physical oceanography (CTD – Conductivity, Temperature, Depth). All data points can be filtered by the sample type or the project that generated them. Activities that are ongoing (as opposed to completed) or relate to moorings only can also be filtered out.
New field activities at either polar region can be reported using the BIOPOLE fieldwork template provided below. The completed template can be sent to biopole@bas.ac.uk.
The list of projects (or scientific cruises) contributing data from their fieldwork to the BIOPOLE project:
Arctic
| Project | Project Information |
| AMBON_2015 | http://ambon-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AMBON-2015-cruise-report.pdf |
| ARCTIC RIVERS | https://biopole.ac.uk/ |
| ARCWATCH | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57839/ |
| CAO | https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/ |
| CEO | https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/projects/ne-chukchi-sea-moored-eco/ |
| CEO | https://aoos.org/project/chukchi-ecosystem-observatory/ |
| DBO | https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/dbo/ |
| DBO-ECOFOCI | https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ |
| DEHEAT | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/belgica_2023-13.pdf |
| ECOFOCI | https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/foci_moorings/mooring_info/mooring_location_info.html |
| ECOTIP | https://ecotip-arctic.eu/ |
| FRAM STRAIT | https://www.awi.de/en/science/biosciences/deep-sea-ecology-and-technology/observatories/fram-ocean-observing-system.html |
| HAUSGARTEN | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57718/ |
| ICELAND | https://biopole.ac.uk/ |
| NARC | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FT001240%2F1 |
Antarctic
| Project | Project Information |
| DY158 | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/18119/ |
| SD033 | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/18577/ |
Below is a table of future fieldwork that are providing samples and/or data, either led by BIOPOLE or by its Science- and Strategic Partners
| Programme/cruise name | Focus | Approximate dates | Approximate locations | Expeditions leader(s) | Contact | Further information |
| Rothera field campaign | Determination of glacial and sea-ice nutrients and carbon | Dec 24-Jan 25 | Rothera, Antarctic Peninsula | Kate Hendry, Alanna Grant | Kate Hendry (BAS) | BIOPOLE led (with SiCLING) |
| BIOPOLE II | Pelagic and benthic sampling, BGC and physical oceanography | Feb-Mar 2025 | South Georgia, Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, Antarctic | Sophie Fielding and Geraint Tarling | Geraint Tarling (BAS) | BIOPOLE led |
| Denman Marine Voyage | Bathymetry, rock and sediment sampling, glider and mooring, oceanography predator dynamics, BGB | Feb-May 2025 | Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf East Antarctic | TBC | Laura Herraiz Borreguero (AAPP), Delphine Lannuzel (ACEAS) and Jan Strugnell (SAEF) | https://www.antarctica.gov.au/science/climate-processes-and-change/antarctic-palaeoclimate/denman-terrestrial-campaign/denman-marine-campaign/ |
| AWI cruise | ? | 2025 | Weddell Sea, Antarctic | TBC | Christine Klass? (AWI) | ? |
| DEFIANT/SWOS and Autosub | Sea ice dynamics | 2026 | Weddell Sea, Antarctic | Jeremy Wilkinson (BAS) | Jeremy Wilkinson (BAS) | https://defiant.ac.uk/ |
| Hausgarten | BGC and pelagic sampling | June 2025 | Fram Strait, Arctic | Jennifer Dannheim | Sinhué Torres-Valdes (AWI) | https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/logistics/schedules/polarstern-longterm-cruise-planning.html |
| BIOPOLE III | BGC and pelagic sampling (underway only) | May 2025 | Antarctic Peninsula & Drake Passage, Antarctic | Gabi Stowasser and Tracey Dornan | Nadine Johnston (BAS) | BIOPOLE led |
| DBO-EcoFOCI-AMBON-CEO Chukchi Sea | BGC and physical oceanography | Aug-Sept 2025 | Chukchi Sea, Arctic | Lee Cooper and Jackie Grebmeier | Stuart Painter / Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC) | The Distributed Biological Observatory- DBO (JACKIE & LEE GREBMEIER) – Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (noaa.gov) https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/ https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/dbo/ http://research.cfos.uaf.edu/ceo/ |
| South Georgia field campaign | Determination of freshwater and glacial nutrient sources and land ecosystem processes | Dec 25-Jan 26 | King Edward Point, South Georgia | Nathan Callaghan, Alanna Grant | Bryan Spears | BIOPOLE led |
| Davis Strait sustained observational network | BGC and physical oceanography | Sept-Oct 2026 | Davis Strait, Arctic | Craig Lee | Pet Brown (NOC) | Integrative Observational Platforms (washington.edu) |
| WOBEC | Biodiversity, carbon and nutrient cycling between atmosphere, water column, seafloor, ice habitats | Summer 2026 | Weddell Sea, Kapp Norvegia and King Haakon VII Sea, includiing Maud Rise ,Antarctic | TBC | Hauke Flores, Heike Link (AWI) | https://www.biodiversa.eu/2024/04/15/wobec/ |