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Jan 30

Construction phases of the Austrian Polar Station Sermilik

By Christoph Ruhsam Austrian Polar Research Station, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

Tasiilaq Construction activities are well advanced thanks to the efforts of the local construction company from Tasiilaq. The finishing of the interior and the technical installations will continue in spring 2023.In close cooperation with Lars Vestergaard's construction company in Tasiilaq,…

Jan 02

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Of Caves and Climate Changes

By Christoph Ruhsam Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

On the first evening of APRI's 2022 annual general meeting in Innsbruck, APRI member Prof. Gina Moseley gave a thrilling presentation of her expeditions and discoveries in the remotest and wildest corners of Greenland. Read a summary of seven years…

Nov 13

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Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland

By Christoph Ruhsam Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

The impressive near-vertical ice cliff is part of a land-terminating glacier of the Nunatarssuaq ice cap. The area where the almost 30 m tall ice cliff is situated has been named the Red Rock Ice Cliff due to its visible…

Nov 03

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Exploration and Climate Research in the World’s Northernmost (Greenland) Caves

By Iris Cryosphere & Climate, Events, News

On 24.11.2022 at 18:30 the public lecture will take place in lecture hall 1 at the Faculty of Theology Innsbruck (Karl-Rahner Platz 1). Caves were first documented in North Greenland during an extensive Arctic Cold War military campaign. Several of…

Oct 11

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On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

Another scientific study of our APRI members from the University of Graz and Innsbruck was recently published on the International Journal of Climatology. The collaboration between Tiago Silva, Manuela Lehner and Elisabeth Schlosser produced a thorough analysis of 25 years…

Jul 27

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Sermilik – The Austrian Polar Research Station in East Greenland

By Christoph Ruhsam Austrian Polar Research Station, Cryosphere & Climate No Comments

Today, Austria's interest in the polar regions is based on the great relevance of the polar regions for the Earth's climate and the global responsibility of all nations to understand and limit climate change. Historically, this interest is also closely…

Apr 25

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Polar Talk #6

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Events, News

Am 25.05.2022 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #6 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Die grönländische Bevölkerung bezeichnet ihr Land als ‚Kalaallit Nunaat', was übersetzt ‚Das Land der Menschen' bedeutet. Diese Assoziation ist uns fremd, verbinden wir doch mit…

Mar 16

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Immersing into the snow

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Field report, Social and Cultural System No Comments

Snow2Rain fieldwork report from Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Part III Now it is my time to report on our walk into the snow. Well, I knew I would be landing in Tasiilaq when winter and the first snow had already arrived…

Mar 09

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Exploring changes in snow

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Field report, Social and Cultural System No Comments

Snow2Rain fieldwork report from Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Part II ‘An anthropologist and a snow climatologist walk into the snow...’ This sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but for me, it was the beginning of an interesting collaboration which…

Mar 02

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Into the Snowy Realm

By Iris Climate Change, Cryosphere & Climate, Field report, Social and Cultural System No Comments

Snow2Rain project: fieldwork report from Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Part I This report from the field provides an insight into the complexity, challenges and learning opportunities of two early-career scientists during their research for their interdisciplinary research project Snow2Rain. In our…

Cryosphere & Climate

Construction phases of the Austrian Polar Station Sermilik

Of Caves and Climate Changes

Understanding the Ice Edge of Northwest Greenland

Exploration and Climate Research in the World’s Northernmost (Greenland) Caves

On the understanding of paleoclimate using modern data

Sermilik – The Austrian Polar Research Station in East Greenland

Polar Talk #6

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