1) Reconstruct natural variations in the temperature of the Atlantic Water in the Norwegian Current, North Cape Current, and West Spitsbergen Current during the late glacial and Holocene.
2) Study possible effects of meltwater from the Barents-Svalbard I ce Sheet on the influx of Atlantic Water during the late glacial
3) Compare natural late glacial and Holocene variations in the Norwegian Current, North Cape Current and West Spitsbergen Current to the Irminger and East Greenland currents.