ADVENTURE
A quest for the wreck of the Italia airship on the 90th anniversary of the crash which made the history of polar exploration.
SCIENCE
An international team of arctic researchers, today’s explorers of the unknown, looking for answers to some of the greatest enigmas of science, from climate change to the origin of high energy cosmic rays , from measuring the impact of human pollution at extreme latitudes to creating awareness of the micro- and nano-plastic contents in the Artic Ocean.
EXPLORATION
Complete circumnavigation of the entire Svalbard archipelago with a sailing boat.
A MESSAGE FOR THE PLANET
A voyage to the last untouched wildernesses on earth, to convey the importance of the Arctic for our sustainable future.

Record-latitute study of Cosmic Rays
The PolarquEEEst experiment is a record-breaking cosmic ray detector, recording the world’s first sea-level data up to the latitude of 82°07’N

Northernmost studies of microplastics
Detailed studies of mico- and nano-plastic pollution in the Arctic, including the record latitude sampling.

First 3D mapping of the Northern Svalbard coasts
Landmark use of low-cost drones allowed Polarquest scientists to collect data in remote locations.