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Fjords create mercury problems

28.01.2019

It has been a mystery why deep-sea fish contain so much mercury in fjords without any known sources of mercury pollution. In fact, fish in a clean fjord like Sognefjorden contain more mercury than fish around the polluted submarine wreck at Fedje. Can it be the fjord itself that is to blame?



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See the first photos from our Antarctic expedition

18.01.2019

Researchers have tested their gear and already tagged whales in the Southern Ocean. The first pictures from our Antarctic cruise have now reached us in Norway.



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The Kronprins Haakon sails for the Antarctic

07.01.2019

The bountiful krill in the wild and remote waters of the Antarctic has not been measured on such a large scale since 2000.



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Fishing increased around the lobster reserve

21.01.2019

The lobster reserve was supposed to ensure more and bigger lobsters in the surrounding area as well. Then people started fishing three times as much just outside the borders.