NSF Org:	OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient:
Initial Amendment Date:	May 25, 2007
Latest Amendment Date:	January 8, 2008
Award Number:	0738306
Award Instrument:	Contract
Program Manager:	Simon Stephenson OPP  Office of Polar Programs (OPP) GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	May 25, 2007
End Date:	August 25, 2007 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$3,663,977.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$3,075,282.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2007 = $4,252,672.00
History of Investigator:	Anders Karlqvist (Principal Investigator) office@polar.se
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	SWEDISH POLAR RESEARCH SECRETARIAT BOX 50003 Sweden  SW
Sponsor Congressional District:
Primary Place of Performance:	SWEDISH POLAR RESEARCH SECRETARIAT BOX 50003 Sweden  SW
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	ARC Rsch Support & Logistics
Primary Program Source:	0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 1079, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	520500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.078

ABSTRACT

Karlqvist
The Swedish research vessel Oden will provide support to the NSF award to Dr. Robert Reves-Sohn of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, NSF award # OPP 04-25838. The project is international and part of the International Polar Year, under US leadership. The Swedish government have made Oden available to other countries as part of a pool key assets during the International Polar Year. The work will entail an initial test period, and then as cruise that will investigate the geological and oceanographic features of the Gakkel Ridge in the central Arctic Ocean.

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