Apply for offshore expeditions

On board there is equipment for biological and chemical sampling and analyses. There are three alternatives for booking time on board:

1. Subsidized time on board. The purchaser pays 20 percent of the actual cost. For 2022 the cost is approx. 19 000 SEK per 24 hours. Sampling and laboratory equipment is included in the cost, as well as technical support by UMF staff. There are a limited number of days available.  
   
   
2. The purchaser pays the actual cost.  For 2022 this is approx. 95 000 SEK per 24 hours. Sampling and laboratory equipment is included in the cost, as well as technical support by UMF staff. There are a limited number of days available.
   
   
3. It is also possible to apply for joining the regular environmental monitoring expeditions in the Gulf of Bothnia. Extra sampling can be performed to a limited extent and background data from the environmental monitoring program is available. However, in these cases the route is decided by the environmental monitoring programme. The cost is 1000 SEK per person and day. Apply at least two months in advance.  
     
   Link to application form

Regular environmental monitoring expeditions 2022

• January week no 3 (17-22/1) Completed.

• February week no 7 (14-18/2) Completed.

• April week no 17 (25-29/4) Completed.

• May week no 21 (23-27/5) Completed.

• June week no 23 (6-10/6) Completed.

• July week no 27 (4-8/7)

• August week no 31 (1-5/8)

• September week no 37 (12-16/9)

• October week no 43 (24-28/10)

• December week no 49 (5-9/12)