I have been in Daneborg participating in leg three of this year’s field campaign in the Arctic Science Partnership collaboration to study the microbial communities associated with spring sea ice and melt ponds using next generation DNA sequencing technologies.
Field report from Kobbefjord, examining how the presence of fish affects the food chain in Low Arctic lakes and streams, using stable isotope analysis.
Long-tailed skua recaught at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland – two years after fitting a light logger to the leg of this arctic migratory bird. The small logger contains detailed information on two trips back and forth from northern Greenland to southern Africa.
By Peter Bondo Christensen
Polar research has a long tradition within the Kingdom of Denmark, and in a newly published report undertaken by the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) a quantitative overview of the current status is presented.
Our Greenlandic colleague, Akaraaq, from the ‘Arctic Station’ in Qeqertarsuaq, guided us to Fortuna Bay, the perfect setting for testing potential effects of kelp forests on O2-concentratons and pH.
It’s 5 a.m. and I’m sitting in Winnipeg Airport, wearing heavy-duty jacket and boots while everyone else is in shorts and sandals! I’m off to Edmonton and then Yellowknife and finally Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
A team of ten people from six different countries - Greenland, Canada, Denmark, USA, Belgium and Finland - are gathered at the Zackenberg station in Daneborg, NE Greenland (74N) in leg three of this year’s comprehensive field campaign in the Arctic Science Partnership collaboration.
Life in the field is not for everyone. There are certain luxuries that of course you miss; such as showers, clean laundry, dry clothes and your own bed. When I try to explain how my job brings me out the field to incredibly remote locations to my friends and family, I usually get the same puzzl