Bridging the Fram Strait is a joint initiative of SIOS and the Greenland Integrated Observing System (GIOS), exploring the potential of international cooperation across the largest climatic gradient in the high-Arctic, spanning from Greenland to Svalbard.
The initiative has 3 main pillars:
- Science
- Develop research projects covering the entire gradient,
- Establish common data protocols linking GIOS and SIOS data portals for integrated use of data from Greenland and Svalbard,
- Joint science papers, conference sessions, proposals, and sample archives.
- Research infrastructure and logistics
- Cooperate on research infrastructure and logistics,
- Coordinate fieldwork and larger campaigns,
- Exchange information between data portals and logistics platforms.
- Higher education
- Develop a master's degree programme that uses the entire climatic gradient to train the next generation of Arctic experts,
- Establish an inter-university campus by integrating existing courses at relevant universities into a regional study portfolio,
- Establish an inter-university campus by integrating existing courses at relevant universities into a regional study portfolio.
