There is renewed hope for the critically endangered population of bowhead whales in North-East Greenland. The good reports come after researchers in 2009 observed a record number of individuals, which were seen again this summer.
In April 2015 Heather Kyle and Yubin Hu went to Station Nord, Greenland as participants on Leg 1 of the 2015 ASP research campaign at the Villum Research Station.
State-of-the-art research station will closely monitor the severe climate change taking place in the Arctic. Researchers from all over the world have booked stays at the research station.
The Churchill Marine Observatory positions Canada as a global leader of research into the detection, impact and mitigation of oil spills in sea ice. Read more....
Mikael Sejr & Tage Dalsgaard has received 1.4 mio. DKr to investigate impacts of glacial meltwater on physical and biological structure in NW and NE Greenland fjords. The project will contribute to the ASP campaign in Baffin Bay in 2016.
Søren Rysgaard & Mikael Sejr has received 1 mio. Dkr to fund a research cruise in the eastern part of the Baffin Bay during 2016. The cruise will be a contribution the ASP campaign in the Baffin Bay 2016.