The climate-induced collapse of the Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves Larsen A in 1995 and Larsen B in 2002 caused acceleration and retreat of tributary glaciers, leading to major losses in ice mass. Since then, the glaciers have been out of…
Read MoreAPRI members Wolfgang Schöner and Jonathan Fipper spent three weeks in the High North in August 2023. During this time, they collected data about the vertical temperature structure of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer in the vicinity of the Villum…
Read MoreIn the first part of our expedition report, we focused on project planning and execution. In the following, we will describe the initial findings in comparison to Alfred Wegener's insights. In the initial phase of the project, we focused on…
Read MoreSince the approval of WEG_Re (Centennial Climate Drivers of Glacier Changes in Greenland) by the Austrian Science Fund FWF in November 2021, the APRI team of the University of Graz together with the Know Center Graz has been working on…
Read MoreIn two previous articles we have described the social and artistic aspects of the Arctic Science Summit Week in Vienna (The social facest of ASSW2023 and APRI meets canadian ambassador). In the first article the keynote lecture, One, Two or…
Read MoreThe large landslide in the form of a frozen debris avalanche occurred on June 13, 2021, at 04:04 a.m. local time in West Greenland on the southern coast of the Nuussuaq Peninsula near Assapaat, opposite Disko Island. Location of…
Read MoreTasiilaq 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,…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreOn 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…
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