Dossier
North Pole (Arctic) and South Pole (Antarctica)
Our work in the Arctic and Antarctic pole regions has a wide variety of subjects, but has a shared focus on the important role of sea ice in sustaining the rich polar food webs. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of research of Wageningen University & Research in the North and South Pole region: WUR Polar.
South Pole research (Antarctica)
The work of researchers on Antarctica has a wide variety of subjects, from polar sea to sea ice and from krill to whales. This research is a Statutory Research Task (WOT) we perform for the Dutch ministry. This task follows from the Netherlands' consultative membership in the Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement for shared government of the Antarctic continent and Southern Oceans. Additional support is obtained from the Netherlands Polar Program of the Netherlands Science Foundation and from foreign host countries that kindly support logistics in our cooperative projects.
News about Antarctica
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NWO support for bird flu research in the Arctic and Antarctic regions
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Antarctica: balancing conservation and tourism in a fragile frontier
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From idea to breakthrough: twenty years of SUIT changes polar research
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Surface water sampling reveals large numbers of juvenile krill undetected by conventional monitoring methods
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Rare whale species observed during recent Antarctic expedition
Projects about Antarctica
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ANTARC-SHIP: Fostering environmental stewardship among Antarctic tourism governance actors and institutions
The aim of the ANTARC-SHIP project is to examine to what extent, and how, environmental stewardship can be assessed, enhanced, and facilitated among... -
Fungi in boreal peatlands and polar regio
Fungi play a significant role in terrestrial ecosystem functioning as the main decomposers of the organic matter in soils and peatlands. Arctica and...
Alfred Wegener Institut
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Publications
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On filamentous fungi in polar regions and boreal peatlands
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Bas J. Zwaan, Duur K. Aanen, co-promotor(en): Alfons J.M. Debets - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789465105758 -
Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats
Nature (2025), Volume: 639, Issue: 8055 - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 652-657. -
Can a citizen science project enrich travellers’ experience in Antarctica? Case study of a preliminary evaluation of the FjordPhyto project
Polar Journal (2025) - ISSN 2154-896X -
Occurrence of Psychrophilomyces antarcticus in the Arctic
Fungal Ecology (2025), Volume: 74 - ISSN 1754-5048 -
Spatio-temporal changes in the macrozooplankton community in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summers : A comparison between 1996 and 2018–2019
Progress in Oceanography (2025), Volume: 231 - ISSN 0079-6611 -
Ocean acidification and elevated temperatures alter the behavior of a sub-Antarctic fish
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2025), Volume: 217 - ISSN 0025-326X -
Exploring Polar Hydrocommons : A speculative counter-cartography of the poles
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Values and Principles in the Antarctic Treaty and the Environmental Protocol : An Overview and Categorization
The Yearbook of Polar Law (2024), Volume: 15, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1876-8814 - p. 285-308. -
The use of weather, water, ice, and climate (WWIC) information in the Polar Regions: What is known after the decade-long Polar Prediction Project?
Weather, Climate, and Society (2024), Volume: 16, Issue: 3 - ISSN 1948-8327 - p. 369-387. -
Chemoenzymatic Epoxidation of Terpenes by Lyophilized Mycelium of Psychrophilic Cladosporium cladosporioides 01
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2024), Volume: 63, Issue: 42 - ISSN 0888-5885 - p. 17790-17802.
Video's about Antarctica
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Ice net SUIT
During the expeditions, the researchers are fishing with the ice net SUIT (Surface and Under Ice Trawl - SUIT). With this gear, the top layer of the water under the ice can be examined.
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North Pole research (Arctic)
With the receding sea-ice in the Arctic, an increase in human activities
such as shipping, oil and gas exploration, fisheries and tourism is
expected in this region. Wageningen University & Research conducts
impact assessments of these activities. This is needed to identify
relevant mitigation measures to minimise impacts of these activities and
to give advice to governments, industry and NGOs on sustainable
developments in the Arctic.
News about Arctic research
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From idea to breakthrough: twenty years of SUIT changes polar research
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Rare whale species observed during recent Antarctic expedition
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Diet young polar cod more varied than previously assumed
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Leeuwarden centre of Antarctic scientific consultation
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The reasons behind the rapid warming of the North Pole
Projects about the Arctic
Publications
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Biodiversity on production platforms : investigating the use of an assessment framework for nature-friendly decommissioning decisions
Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research report C020/25) -
The effect of urbanisation on wintertime soil respiration in the Russian Arctic
Journal of Soils and Sediments (2025), Volume: 25, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1439-0108 - p. 434-450. -
On filamentous fungi in polar regions and boreal peatlands
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Bas J. Zwaan, Duur K. Aanen, co-promotor(en): Alfons J.M. Debets - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789465105758 -
Can a citizen science project enrich travellers’ experience in Antarctica? Case study of a preliminary evaluation of the FjordPhyto project
Polar Journal (2025) - ISSN 2154-896X -
Public engagement in polar science : perspectives from tourists and scientists on the SEES-2022 expedition to Svalbard
Polar Journal (2025) - ISSN 2154-896X -
Multiple Models of European Marine Fish Stocks : Regional Winners and Losers in a Future Climate
Global Change Biology (2025), Volume: 31, Issue: 4 - ISSN 1354-1013 -
Effects of early life history traits and warming on Arctic cod prewinter length and recruitment
Elementa (2025), Volume: 13, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2325-1026 -
Spatio-temporal changes in the macrozooplankton community in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summers : A comparison between 1996 and 2018–2019
Progress in Oceanography (2025), Volume: 231 - ISSN 0079-6611 -
Occurrence of Psychrophilomyces antarcticus in the Arctic
Fungal Ecology (2025), Volume: 74 - ISSN 1754-5048 -
Reindeer carcasses modulate vegetation composition and greenness in High-Arctic tundra
Arctic Science (2025), Volume: 11 - ISSN 2368-7460
