Press room

The DAMOCLES consortium consist of 48 institutions in 11 European countries + the Russian Federation and Belarus.

Below you will find contact details, press releases, images etc.

Press contact

Information Officer Erlend A. T. Hermansen
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, 0318 Oslo - Norway
+47 99 64 36 01

Project leader group

Project leader Jean-Claude Gascard
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
4, place Jussieu - 75252 Paris - France
+33 144 27 70 70

Project co-leader Cecilie Mauritzen
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
P.O. Box 43, Blindern - Norway
+47 22 96 31 86

Project co-leader Ralf Döscher
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Folkborgsvagen 1 - 60176 Norrkoping - Sweden
+46 114 95 85 83

Project manager Laetitia Nitkiewicz
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
LOCEAN - DAMOCLES Project Office
Tour 45/46 - 513A - 4, place Jussieu (CC 100) - 75252 Paris cedex 5 - France
+33 144 27 84 52

Tara Arctic image

With her rounded and flat hull, Tara can be embedded in the ice and withstand the extreme pressure that the arctic pack-ice exerts on her. Copyright: Francis Latreille/ADO. (Jun 27, 2006)

DAMOCLES logo

Download the DAMOCLES logo in high resolution. (Apr 22, 2006)

Images from the polar yacht Vagabond

Vagabond is a French polar yacht used as a base camp for DAMOCLES in Storfjord, East Spitsbergen. The next 2 years the crew will be testing most of the new technology for DAMOCLES, before sending these instruments to the Arctic Ocean. (Sep 6, 2006)

Contact persons in participation institutions and countries

The DAMOCLES consortium consist of 48 institutions in 11 European countries + the Russian Federation and Belarus. Find contact persons for each participation institution or country. (Jul 3, 2006)