Professor Christian Tegner, as part of a Swedish-Russian expedition, is on his way to the De Long Islands in the Russian Artics. The main purpose of this expedition is through investigation of volcanic activity and geology in this area to understand plate tectonic processes.

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has on its website a description of the expedition:  http://www.polar.se/en/expedition/de-long. Here you can follow its current position and read activity reports.