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Gebrüder Weiss supports the Greenland climate expedition
Supporting the transportation of tools and equipment to help international research teams gain new insights into glacier melt during a month-long scientific expedition
Text / Modern Logistics News all-media reporter Wang Wei
May 14, 2024, as one of the world's largest ice regions, the climate-sensitive island of Greenland has been an important location for climate research for many years, attracting the attention of many scientists. With this in mind, an international team of two scientists, a doctor and a photographer decided to set out on foot to complete a special expedition to record the thickness of Greenland's ice at key intervals at key points. The international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss supported the transportation of research tools and equipment for this unique and globally sustainable expedition.
"As one of the world's leading providers of logistics services, Gebrüder Weiss has made it its mission to support research projects such as the Greenland Climate Expedition. We hope to learn more about climate change through this project to help us make more informed decisions for the future. Wolfram Senger-Weiss, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss, said.
Specifically, the research team traveled through Greenland along a route of about 70 degrees north latitude, which connects the village of Kanglusuak on the west coast and the city of Isotok on the east coast. Each group member uses skis towing skis to measure the ice density at regular intervals along the 600-kilometre route and compare it with data obtained at earlier measurement points.
"Since our research is mainly focused on climate and melting glaciers, it is very important that it does not affect the climate as much as possible. Trekking into this fragile ecosystem to survey and measure is more environmentally friendly than using a helicopter and provides more accurate data than satellite measurements," emphasises Niklas Marc Heinecke, photographer and co-founder of the Greenland Climate Expedition Project. "Thanks to the support of Gebrüder Weiss, we can use reliable tools and equipment in this inhospitable environment."
The results of the expedition will be analysed in more detail at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, and the results will be shared with researchers from various countries. This is a significant way to help scientists around the world understand climate change. The month-long expedition aims to gain insight into the links between Greenland's temperature fluctuations in recent decades and its further impact on the global climate.
Over the next few months, Gebrüder Weiss will continue to provide updates on the project through its social media channels, including stunning photos and exciting research from Greenland. The progress of other related innovative transportation projects supported by the company will also be updated at the same time. It is reported that Gibrüder Weiss has recently safely sent the equipment of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) Mars simulation mission AMADEE-24 to the test site in Armenia.
Photo caption: Crossing the ice fields - Three members of an international research team will undertake a month-long expedition to Greenland with the support of Gebrüder Weis. (Credit: Gebrüder Weiss / Niklas Marc Heinecke)
Caption: In the Arctic, summer time seems to stand still, with daylight lasting 24 hours. (Credit: Gebrüder Weiss / Niklas Marc Heinecke)
Caption: Researchers will travel across Greenland from west to east, measuring ice thickness along the way. (Credit: Gebrüder Weiss / Niklas Marc Heinecke)
Caption: Researchers use sleds as "mobility tools," means of transport, and equipment. (Credit: Gebrüder Weiss / Niklas Marc Heinecke)
图片说明:Wolfram Senger-Weiss,吉布达伟士首席执行官。 (来源:吉布达伟士 / Ohligschläger)