Midnight Sun and Melting Ground: Field Trip Impressions from the High North

Pia Petzold and Katharina Jaspers, Alfred Wegener Institute

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

Alexandra Meyer, University of Vienna

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

Susanna Gartler, University of Vienna

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.

Expeditions

Leena

A big part of our research takes place in the Arctic in expeditions. Our researchers visit local communties in Western Greenland, Svalbard and in the Canadian Arctic.