Summer 2025 Expedition blog: Northwest Territories with the WPs 1, 2 and 3

Work packages 1, 2 and 3 joined efforts together with the project ThinIce (Thawing industrial legacies in the Arctic - a threat to permafrost ecosystems) also this year, in the western arctic tundra.

Summer 2025 expedition blog: Uni Lisbon in Greenland

The Portuguese team set off on August 22nd to Sisimiut, Greenland, with the mission of collecting samples for contaminants in flora and fauna.

Summer 2025 expedition blog: Herschel Island / Qikiqtaruk

Summer means expeditions in Arctic research. A team, led by the ILLUQ coordinator Hugues Lantuit, is currently on the Hersechel Island / Qikiqtaruk on field work related to the WPs 1 and 6.

Summer 2024 Expedition blog: Midnight Sun and Melting Ground

The ILLUQ 2024 summer field work kicked off with an expedition to the Herschel Island / Qikiqtaruk in the Yukon coast in Canada.

Collaborative Research and Community Engagement in Svalbard: ILLUQ, ArcSolution, and ICEBERG

We continued our consultation meetings in Svalbard. This time in collaboration with our sister projects ICEBERG and ArcSolution.

Consultation Meetings in Northwestern Canada: Engaging with Inuvik, Aklavik, and Tuktoyaktuk Communities

Consultations in the local communities form a large part of ILLUQ activities. In summer 2024, we visited Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, and Aklavik as part of the ILLUQ project’s outreach and collaboration efforts.