Tag: Austria

Sermilik - The Austrian Polar Station in East Greenland

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Austria establishes a permanent polar research station on Ammassalik Island in East Greenland in cooperation with Denmark.

WEG_RE – The Wegener Reconnaissance-Expedition

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A unique project by the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI aims to combine measurements from the last Wegener expedition in 1929-31 with comparable modern measurements at the same locations in Greenland.

New map of settlements in the Arctic

Dr. Michael Wenger

Thanks to improved methods, Austrian researchers have produced new maps of settlements and permafrost in the Arctic and presented them at the climate conference in Glasgow.