Arctic Coring Expedition 2004

Welcome to the Arctic Coring Expedition website!

On the following pages you`ll find an overview as well as background information, photos, maps etc. concerning the exciting Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) which takes place in August and September 2004.

Three icebreakers head for a position at 88 degrees North. Only 250 kilometres away from the North Pole Arctic Ocean sediments will be cored. The deposits from the sea-floor will reveal the global climate swing from an extremely warm "greenhouse" world 50 million years ago to the ice-age era beginning 3.2 million years ago which still persists today.

You are kindly invited to learn more about this outstanding expedition. Please click the links in the right-hand column.

The scientific leaders of the Arctic Coring Expedition:

Prof. Kate Moran, University of Rhode Island

Prof. Jan Backman, University of Stockholm