Tundra Northwest 1999:: A collaborative challenge in the Arctic

A new icebreaker-based expedition covering terrestrial and freshwater ecology is to be carried out in the summer of 1999. This Swedish-Canadian joint effort will bring some 70 scientists through the Canadian High Arctic, cruising the North West Passage twice in a single season. The scientific program comprises 5 major themes: plant-animal interactions; biodiversity; bird migration and navigation; freshwater ecology; bioclimatology and ecotoxicology. Sampling along the major latitudinal and longitudinal transects in the Arctic will provide the scientists with a unique possibility to gather data sets with extensive cover of geographic and environmental space within a single season.