The Polar Oceans

Photo by Laurie Padman (ESR)

At ESR, our scientists are involved in oceanographic research in both the Arctic and Antarctic. To find out more about WHO, WHY, HOW, and WHAT we do, follow the links below:

Who studies the Polar Oceans?

Why study the Polar Oceans?

How do we study them?
What do we learn?

You can find out more about WHAT we do by looking at our Research pages. ESR is currently involved in the following Polar research projects:

ANSLOPE - Cross Slope Exchanges at the Antarctic Slope Front
Antarctic Tides - A modeling study of Antarctic Tides
Arctic Tides - A modeling study of Arctic Tides
DOVETAIL - Deep Ocean Ventilation through Anarctic Intermediate Layers
ROPEX - Ronne Polyna Experiment
SCICEX - Scientific Ice Expeditions
Southern Ocean GLOBEC - Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics

We also have a lot of cool photos from cruises to the Antarctic and Arctic. Check out our Photo Gallery.