Permafrost Field Work And Consultations On The Arctic Landscape Explorer (Alex) In Western Alaska

By Tillmann Lübker | December 19, 2023 |
team during field work to study permafrost disturbances

Please enjoy this firsthand account of permafrost fieldwork in Alaska by Tillmann Lübker, a geospatial data scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research’s Department of Permafrost Research.  Chunks of slush slide across the bare ice and land on the muddy ground with a dull sound. After traversing a dense willow…

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First deployment of heavy recording equipment with the aid of Inuit dog sledge teams

By Malene Simon Hegelund | July 30, 2023 |
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Malene Simon Hegelund from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shared with us an update on the fieldwork in Qaanaaq for Arctic PASSION’s community-based management work on Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution and impacts on marine living resources. Springtime deployment of sound recorders are necessary to capture the sea ice breakup period when the…

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Busy Summer For The Arctic Passion Pilot Services

By paramount Tech Network | August 4, 2021 |

Since the inception of Arctic PASSION on 1 July, its Pilot Service 1 Team has been fully active, meeting local communities across the Arctic. “We could not afford to “lose” the summer season in the north as it is short and intense but offers the possibility to access many communities that are inaccessible in other…

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