Hi, my name is Lukas Krone,

I am a neuroscientist and medical doctor, and the current Staines Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford. My interest in how life adapts to extreme and rapidly changing environments, combined with a longstanding passion for exploration, led me to join the Oxford Centennial Arctic Expeditions, “OxArctic100.”

In summer 2025, I was selected as medical officer for a team of five researchers investigating the interplay between seasonal seabird populations and the freshwater ecosystem in the Kongsfjorden region of Svalbard.

After months of intensive preparation, grant applications, and sponsorship efforts, our team has secured the funding, permits, and logistical support to conduct this research in August 2026 at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research station in Ny-Ålesund — the northernmost civilian settlement in the world.

Alongside my own financial contribution and research funding, I am seeking your support to secure my place on this expedition. I will serve the team with my medical, mountaineering, and psychological expertise while also studying the team’s physiological responses to the extreme Arctic environment. For me, this expedition represents the fulfilment of a long-standing commitment to combine medicine, science, and exploration in service of something larger than myself. Your support will directly enable meaningful scientific work in one of the most rapidly changing regions on our planet.

Thank you for helping make this expedition possible.