Sambor Czerwiński, Katarzyna Marcisz (UAM, expedition leader) and Luke Andrews from the University of York conducted field research from July 25 to August 6 in Qeqertarsuaq in West Greenland (Disko Island 🕺🏻), where they were hosted at the Arctic Station.
Amazing basalt relief, tundra, glaciers and icebergs are only part of the attractions. In addition, the landscape on the island is complemented by peat bogs, which are extremely poorly understood in this part of the Arctic – especially their history. It was the identification of peat bogs for further research that was one of the goals of the expedition.
The task was accomplished 100%! The team returned with three cores taken from the peat bogs, which will be used for paleoenvironmental analysis in the future. So far no such research has been conducted on the island, but this will soon change!
