Villum Research Station at Station Nord, Greenland
Villum Research Station - an Arctic research facility
- Villum Research station is a top modern research station
- VRS is multidisciplinary platform
- VRS is open year round
- It consists of
- A Base station
- A Mobile Station
- An Air Station
- VRS is a step-stone for field studies in North East Greenland
- Watch the presentation video here
Villum Research Station in brief
Villum Research Station is a research facility at the military outpost Station Nord in high arctic North Greenland (81°36’ N, 16°40’ W).
The station is a substantial upgrade of an existing air pollution monitoring station at Station Nord. Villum Research Station is situated at the northeastern corner of Greenland, on the small peninsula Princess Ingeborg Peninsula. The nearest town is Longyearbyen on Svalbard (Norway), 720 km east of Station Nord, while the nearest town in Greenland is Ittoqqortoormiit, 1,250 km south of Station Nord. Station Nord is a gateway to the national park of NE Greenland, and a support and refurbishment base for the Danish dog sledge patrol Sirius.
Villum Research Station is owned by the Greenland Government and is being operated by Aarhus University (Denmark). The station was founded in 2014 based on means provided by the Danish private fund Villum Foundation.
The station hosts individual scientific projects focusing on atmospheric, marine and terrestrial research. In addition to this, the station is also used as a permanent base for an extensive long-term monitoring programme with main focus on atmospheric pollution, but also including effects of Climate Change on arctic marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
The station is open for access throughout the year, and it can host up to 14 scientists at a time.
Overview of the web site
- About the station gives a further description of the facilities at the station and its location.
- Administrative structure provides information on organisation and members of boards.
- Access to the facility explains how to arrange a stay at Villum Research Station.
- Field activities gives access to information on past and future field campaigns
- Metadata for monitoring activities provides an overview of monitoring activities - e.g. which atmospheric pollutants have been measured since the 1990's.
See the left menu for a number of further items.
Pamphlet
There is a pamphlet on Villum Research Station (pdf file, opens in new window).
Villum Research Station is an ATMO-Access station, where users can apply for support for stays at the station for doing Arctic research. Please see the link https://www.atmo-access.eu/massive-open-online-course-mooc/ for further information including application deadline
Similar is the station also a POLARIN station. POLARIN provides integrated, challenge-driven, and combined access to Arctic and Antarctic infrastructures to facilitate interdisciplinary research on complex processes, see POLARIN – Polar Research Infrastructure Network for application deadlines and further information.