Researchers are now making a start on setting up an ultra-modern research station right up in the northernmost part of Greenland. Here they will study climate change and its impact on the air, sea, geology, fauna and flora in the High Arctic region. Project Manager Henrik Skov, Aarhus University, expects researchers to flock from all over the world to make use of the unique opportunities at Station North, after the project received a major grant from the VILLUM FOUNDATION.

For the second time in a year, a major frost flower event occurred at the Sea-ice Environmental Research Facility (SERF), located at the University of Manitoba (CANADA). Dubbed “the earliest blossom in the Peg” by Dr. Feiyue Wang, lead scientist of SERF, the flowering event started on December 24 and lasted until the 29th. Watching the ice crystals grow and taking daily measurements has become part of Wang’s regular routines.