Danish and Canadian researchers are co-operating to establish a weather station on Hans Island, reports Ritzau.
Even though Denmark and Canada do not agree about who owns the 1.3 sq km rocky island located in the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada, scientists from the two countries say they co-operate and use the island for scientific purposes.
For that reason, a weather station was shipped up to Hans Island last week, by Preben Gudmandsen, professor emeritus at the Technical University of Denmark.
The weather station will initially be located at the base in Alert in northern Ellesmere Island.
From there it will be flown by helicopter to Hans Island. Weather permitting, the station should be operable in May.
Information from the weather station will offer researchers the data they need to work out a better weather model for the area and determine how ice from the Arctic Ocean is transported south through the Nares Strait.
Weather station in the works for Hans Island
Who owns the tiny island between Greenland and Canada is unclear, but scientists plan to work together.
Published: 10.04.2008 12:30
