Posts Tagged ‘Greenland’
The Last Arctic Passion Field Trip
What was likely the last Arctic Passion field trip was conducted by local hunters Qillaq Danielsen and Gedion Kristiansen on the newly formed landfast sea ice in Qaanaaq, on 30th December 2025 including measurements of sea-ice thickness and installation of loggers under the sea ice. The instruments will be recovered in late May 2026 ensuring…
Read MoreArctic PASSION helping local communities in Greenland to reach out to government at Greenland Science Week
A message to the Government of Greenland was delivered clearly at Greenland Science Week 2023. The second day had a large focus on use of Indigenous Knowledge and co-creation, with many researchers presenting their approach to this. Danish Meteorological Institute’s Steffen Olsen and Pinngortitaleriffik, Grønlands Naturinstitut (The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources’) Malene Simon Hegelund,…
Read MoreCollaborating with local hunters in Qaanaaq, Greenland
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) are collaborating with local hunters in Qaanaaq, Greenland on Community-Based Monitoring for Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution & impacts on marine living resources. Listen to three interviews from Arctic PASSION’s last fieldwork in April 2023. In attendance are three hunters from Qaanaaq:…
Read MoreNeriulluarput naak suleqatigiinneq unammillernaraluartoq – Remaining hopeful despite co-production challenges
2022-mi ukiakkut Nuunoq Per Ole Frederiksen, aalisartoq piniartorlu Kalaallit Nunaata kitaani Attumi suliniaqatigiiffiup PISUNA-p aallartitaa, oqaluttaalu taamani Aasianni najugaqartoq Halfdan Pedersen, internetsikkut ungasissumit videokkut eqqartueqatigaagut. Arctic PASSION-ip PISUNA suleqatigaa, taamani Nuunoq aamma Halfdan pingaarnertut attavigisarlugit. Issittumi isumalluutinik aqutsineq pillugu najukkani inoqarfiit killilersuinermik ilungersornartunillu atugaqarnerat eqqaavaat, aamma qangaaniilli ilisimasat aalajangerniartarnermi ilaatinneqartarnissaasa pisariaqavinnera ilanngullugu eqqaallugu. Unammillernartut tamakku,…
Read MoreFirst deployment of heavy recording equipment with the aid of Inuit dog sledge teams
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…
Read MoreQaanaaq March-April 2022: Surveying The Ocean Under The Ice
The Danish Meteorological Institute’s Steffen M. Olsen sent us an update from Qaanaaq, where he is doing fieldwork for Arctic PASSION’s community-based management work on Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution and impacts on marine living resources. The community in Qaanaaq rely on hunting and fishing on the Inglefield fjord during summer and winter. The…
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