University of Copenhagen Arctic Station

Arktisk Station (c.1909)

University of Copenhagen Arctic Station is a year-round, environmental research facility in central West Greenland. Located about 300 metres (980 ft) northeast of Qeqertarsuaq, it faces Disko Bay and the Davis Strait on the south coast of Disko Island with the Blæsedalen valley to the north. The main building and the laboratory are within a nature sanctuary.^[1] Arctic Station is owned by the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science. It was founded in 1906 by the botanist Morten Pedersen Porsild.^[2]

References

↑ "Arctic Station". CENPERM - University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
↑ "Arctic Station". International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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Faculties	Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Law Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Theology

Centres and departments	Bioinformatics Centre Department of Biology Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Science Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports Nano-Science Center Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies Center for Planetary Research Center for Protein Research Søren Kierkegaard Research Center

Institutes and laboratories	Arnamagnæan Institute Hans Christian Ørsted Institute Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen Arctic Station Urban Culture Lab

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