Arctic expeditions

Geoscientific expeditions under BGR leadership or with participation

Year	Expedition	Details	Participants
2023	CASE 23	Realization: BGR Destination area: South Spitsbergen, Nordauslandet (Svalbard) Logistics: Ship, Helicopter Cooperation with: University of Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Tromsø, TU Darmstadt Focus: Geology, geophysics	21
2022	Little CASE 2022	Realization: BGR Destination area: St.Jonsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Ship Focus: Geology	2
2021	CASE 22	Realization: BGR Destination area: Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Logistics: Ship Cooperation with: University of Bremen, Dartmouth College Focus: Geology	6
2019	CASE 21	Realization: BGR Destination area: Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Logistics: Ship Cooperation with: Dartmouth College, Oxford and Yale Universities Focus: Geology	8
2018	CASE 20	Realization: BGR Destination area: Northeast-Greenland Logistics: Villum Research Station, Helicopter Cooperation with: University of Bremen, UNIS Longyearbyen Focus: Geology, aeromagnetics	10
2018	Little CASE 2018	Realization: University of Krakow / AGH University of Science and Technology Kraków Destination area: Raudfjorden, St.Jonsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Ship Cooperation with: Polish Academy of Science (PAS) Kraków, Norsk Polarinstitutt (NPI) Tromsø, University of Iowa, Slovak Academy of Science Focus: Geology	11
2017	CASE 19	Realization: BGR Destination area: Stenkul Fiord, Pearya Terrane (Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: 2 helicopter, Twin Otter, DC-3 Cooperation with: Colorado School of Mines, Dartmouth College, GSC Calgary, Senckenberg Dresden, Universities of Aarhus, Brandon, Erlangen, Hannover, Iowa, Kraków, Ottawa, Sasketchewan, St. Johns, Stockholm, and Uppsala, USGS Menlo Park, YGS Whitehorse Focus: Geology	47
2016	Little CASE 2016	Realization: GSC Calgary Destination area: Banks Island (Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary Focus: Geology	11
2015	CASE 17 und 18	Realization: BGR Destination area: Isfjorden area, Mosselhalvøya (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Helicopter, ship Cooperation with: Dartmouth College, NGU Trondheim, SNSK Longyearbyen, Universities of Calgary, Erlangen, Hannover, Iowa, Kraków, Lyon, Uppsala, and Warzawa, YGS Whitehorse Focus: Geology	35
2014	CASE 16	Realization: BGR Destination area: East coast of Ellesmere Island (Smith Sound, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Erlangen and Iowa Focus: Geology	16
2013	CASE 15	Realization: BGR and YGS Destination area: Yukon North Slope Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Senckenberg Dresden, Universities of Calgary, Edmonton, Erlangen, Hannover, Harvard, Iowa, and Paris, YGS Whitehorse Focus: Geology	31
2012	CASE 14	Realization: BGR Destination area: Isfjorden area (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Ship Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Bremen, Calgary, and Erlangen, VSEGEI St. Petersburg, YGS Whitehorse Focus: Geology	11
2011	CASE 13	Realization: BGR and VSEGEI Leadership: Nikolay Sobolev/Karsten Piepjohn Destination area: New Siberian Islands (Siberia) Logistics: Support vessel „Mikhail Somov“, helicopter Cooperation with: Cambridge Arctic Shelf Program (CASP), Universities of Frankfurt, Hannover, Paris, Siena, and Uppsala, United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy Novosibirsk, VNII Okeangeologia St. Petersburg, VSEGEI St. Petersburg, Focus: Geology	27
2011	CASE 12	Realization: BGR Destination area: Vendom Fiord (Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: Cambridge Arctic Shelf Program (CASP), Senckenberg Dresden, University of Bremen Focus: Geology, aeromagnetics	12
2011	NOGRAM 2	Realization: AWI and BGR Destination area: Wandel Sea north of Greenland Logistics: Polar 5 Cooperation with: AWI Focus: Aeromagnetics	4
2010	Little CASE 2010	Realization: GSC Calgary Destination area: Ellef Ringnes Island (Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Calgary and Ottawa Focus: Geology	23
2009	Little CASE 2009-2	Realization: BGR Destination area: Isfjorden area (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Rubber boats Cooperation with: VSEGEI St. Petersburg Focus: Geology	4
2009	Little CASE 2009-1	Realization: NPI Tromsø Destination area: Ny-Friesland, Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) Logistics: Hellicopter, rubber boats Cooperation with: Natural History Museum Oslo, NPI Tromsø, Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition St. Petersburg PMGRE Focus: Geology	12
2008	CASE 11	Realization: BGR Destination area: Stenkul Fiord, Pearya Terrane (Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary/Halifax, Natural History Museum Berlin, Senckenberg Dresden, Universities of Bremen, Calgary, Erlangen, Idaho, and Münster Focus: Geology, aeromagnetics	34
2008	Little CASE 2008	Realization: UNIS Longyearbyen Destination area: Ny-Friesland (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Snow Scooter Cooperation with: UNIS Longyearbyen Focus: Geology	3
2007	Little CASE 2007	Realization: VSEGEI St. Petersburg Destination area: Anabar, Khatanga (Laptev Sea) Logistics: Motor boat „Eridan“, rubber boats Cooperation with: VSEGEI St. Petersburg Focus: Geology
2007	CASE 10	Realization: BGR Destination area: Liefdefjorden, Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) Logistics: Helicopter, rubber boats, Research Vessel „Lance“ Cooperation with: SNSK Longyearbyen, Universities of Bremen, Erlangen, and Idaho Focus: Geology	15
2006	CASE 9	Realization: NPI Tromsø and BGR Destination area: Ny Friesland, Sabine Land (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: Helicopter, rubber boats Cooperation with: NPI Tromsø, Natural History Museum Berlin, University of Bremen Focus: Geology	11
2005	Little CASE 2005	Realization: NPI Tromsø Destination area: Ny Friesland, Sabine Land (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) Logistics: A-Star, rubber boats Cooperation with: NPI Tromsø, Universities of Bremen, München, and Tromsø Focus: Geology	6
2004	CASE 8	Realization: BGR Destination area: Stenkul Fiord, Split Lake (Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: University of Erlangen Focus: Geology	6
2003	Nares Strait II	Realization: BGR and GSC Destination area: Kane Basin, Smith Sound Logistics: Bell 206, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Halifax Focus: Aeromagnetics	6
2003	PURE2003	Realization: BGR Destination area: Northern Ural Mountains (Russian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, tracked vehicle Cooperation with: RAS Syktyvkar, RAS Moscow Focus: Geology	9
2002	PURE2002	Realization: BGR Destination area: Northern Ural Mountains (Russian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, tracked vehicle Cooperation with: RAS Syktyvkar, RAS Moscow Focus: Geology	9
2001	PURE2001	Realization: BGR Destination area: Northern Ural Mountains (Russian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, tracked vehicle Cooperation with: RAS Syktyvkar, RAS Moscow Focus: Geology	8
2001	Nares Strait I	Realization: BGR and GSC Halifax Destination area: Nares Strait Logistics: Icebreaker „Louis S.St-Laurent“, 2 helicopter Cooperation with: Bedford Institute of Oceanography Halifax, Canadian Geodetic Survey, Danish Lithosphere Center, GSC Halifax, Universities of Amsterdam, Dalhousie, Copenhagen, and Toronto Focus: Geology, geophysics	44
2001	CASE 7	Realization: BGR Destination area: Pearya Terrane (Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Erlangen and Münster Focus: Geology	7
2000	CASE 6	Realization: BGR and GSC Calgary Destination area: East coast of northern Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Münster and Reading Focus: Geology	16
1999	CASE 5	Realization: BGR and GSC Calgary Destination area: East coast of northern Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, Universities of Erlangen, Münster, and Reading Focus: Geology	17
1998	CASE 4	Realization: BGR and GSC Calgary Destination area: East coast of northern Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic) Logistics: Helicopter, Twin Otter Cooperation with: GSC Calgary, University of Münster Focus: Geology	14
1998	CASE 3	Realization: BGR and RAS Siberia Destination area: Moma rift (Sakha Republic) Logistics: Helicopter Cooperation with: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science Yakutsk (RAS Siberia), Universities of Erlangen and Yakutsk, Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry Ekaterinburg Focus: Geology	15
1998	NOGRAM	Realization: AWI and BGR Destination area: Lincoln Sea north of Greenland Logistics: Polar 2 (Dornier 228-100) Cooperation with: AWI Focus: Aerogeophysics	5
1997/98	PMAP-CASE	Realization: DND, GSC, IAR-NRC and BGR Destination area: Lincoln Sea north of Nares Strait Logistics: Convair 580 Cooperation with: Department of National Defence (DND), GSC Ottawa, Institute for Aerospace Research (IAR-NRC) Focus: Aeromagnetics	6
1994	CASE 2	Realization: BGR Destination area: Peary Land (North Greenland) Logistics: 2 Helicopter, Twin Otter, Hercules C130 Cooperation with: GEUS Copenhagen, NPI Oslo, Universities of Erlangen, Greenwich, Münster, and Paris Focus: Geology	17
1992	CASE 1	Realization: BGR Destination area: West coast of Spitsbergen Logistics: Helicopter, rubber boats Cooperation with: Universities of Erlangen, Greenwich, Münster, and Paris Focus: Geology	16