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Radioactivity Exploration : From the Arctic to the Antarctic

Persson, Bertil R LU orcid and Holm, Elis LU (2017)
Abstract
This book is dedicated to professor emeritus Bengt Forkman (Nuclear Physics, Lund University) who in 1979 took the initiative to arrange an environmental radioactivity research program for the Ymer-80 expedition. He engaged his old friend Bertil Persson whom he during the 1960th inspired to university studies in Lund and who 1980 has been promoted to professor of Radioecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Bertil Persson was tutor for Elis Holm at Lund University, who for his thesis was engaged in radiochemical analysis of plutonium isotopes in the environment. Elis Holm became deeply involved in Ymer-80 and management of all the following expeditions as well. We found a superior talent for the... (More)
This book is dedicated to professor emeritus Bengt Forkman (Nuclear Physics, Lund University) who in 1979 took the initiative to arrange an environmental radioactivity research program for the Ymer-80 expedition. He engaged his old friend Bertil Persson whom he during the 1960th inspired to university studies in Lund and who 1980 has been promoted to professor of Radioecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Bertil Persson was tutor for Elis Holm at Lund University, who for his thesis was engaged in radiochemical analysis of plutonium isotopes in the environment. Elis Holm became deeply involved in Ymer-80 and management of all the following expeditions as well. We found a superior talent for the logistics in Kjell-Åke Carlsson (who was mechanical engineer at the department of radiation physics at Lund University). Without him, we would not have been able to solve all the thousands of practical issues and contacts with authorities and sponsors. He also contributed with the diaries extensive photographic and video documentation of all the expeditions. Unfortunately he died in October 2016 just as we finished the first draft of the manuscript to this book, that here is published to his memory. (Less)
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Radiaktivtets Undersökningar : Från Arktis till Antarktis
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Radioactivity, Exploration, Arctic Ocean, Antarctic, Ymer-80, radioecology, SWEDARP, Tundra Ecology, M/S Oden., M/S Stena Arctica
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110 pages
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LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG
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English
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Our first Arctic expedition was “Ymer-80” conducted during 1980 from June 23 to October 6. The aim was to commemorate the discovery of the Northeast Passage by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1878-1880. Bengt Forkman professor at Lund University, engaged the professor in radioecology Bertil Persson, to arrange an environmental radioactivity research program for the Ymer-80 expedition. He in turn engaged his student Elis Holm who was investigating plutonium isotopes in the environment. For the logistics we found Kjell-Åke Carlsson, mechanical engineer at the department of radiation physics at Lund University. After a successful Ymer-80 expedition we continued the exploration of radioactivity from the Arctic to the Antarctic with the following expeditions arranged by the Swedish Polar Research Program: The expedition “SWEDARP” 1988 -1989, started from Gothenburg with destination Antarctica. In 1991 the Arctic Ocean with the Swedish icebreaker M/S Oden. During 1994 the joint Swedish-Russian “Tundra Ecology-94” with the Russian ice-breaking research vessel R/V Akademik Fedorov as platform went along the Siberian coastline. Finally, in 1996 the Arctic Ocean with the M/S Oden.
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  author       = {{Persson, Bertil R and Holm, Elis}},
  keywords     = {{Radioactivity; Exploration; Arctic Ocean; Antarctic; Ymer-80; radioecology; SWEDARP; Tundra Ecology; M/S Oden.; M/S Stena Arctica}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG}},
  title        = {{Radioactivity Exploration : From the Arctic to the Antarctic}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/26421344/978_3_330_08613_5_Coverpreview.pdf}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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