Japanese-Swedish Traverse Expedition 2007-2008

JASE (Japanese-Swedish Antarctic Expedition) is a scientific research project to travel along a 2800 km traverse route across the Antarctic ice sheet. 8 Japanese and 9 Swede leave their coastal stations in November 2007 to meet inland after 1400 km long journeys. To undertake scientific missions over the whole traverse route, two crews and several instruments are exchanged at the meeting point. This project is carried out by NIPR (National Institute of Polar Research), Swedish Polar Rresearch Secretariat and Stockholm University as a contribution to IPY (International Polar Year) 2007-2008.

Traverse Route

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Expedition member

Scientific research activities

Publications
- Hara, K., F. Nakazawa, S. Fujita, H. Enomoto and S. Sugiyama. 2014. Horizontal distributions of aerosol constituents and their mixing states in Antarctica during the JASE traverse. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 10211-10230. [open access]
- Fujita, S., P. Holmlund, K. Matsuoka, H. Enomoto, K. Fukui, F. Nakazawa, S. Sugiyama, and S. Surdyk. 2012. Radar diagnosis of the subglacial conditions in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, The Cryosphere, 6, 1203-1219. [open access]
- Sugiyama, S., H. Enomoto, S. Fujita, K. Fukui, F. Nakazawa, P. Holmlund and S. Surdyk. 2012. Snow density along the route traversed in the Japanese-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2007/08. Journal of Glaciology, 58(209), 529-539. [PDF]
- Fujita, S. and 25 others. 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation rate on the East Antarctic ice divide between Dome Fuji and EPICA DML. The Cryosphere, 5, 1-24. [open access]
- Sugiyama, S., H. Enomoto, S. Fujita, K. Fukui, F. Nakazawa and P. Holmlund. 2010. Dielectric permittivity of snow measured along the route traversed in the Japanese-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2007/08. Annals of Glaciology, 51(55), 9-15. [PDF]