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SPRI Polar Directory
Organisations
There are 23 entries in the organisations directory for Greenland:
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Aatsitassalerinermut Allaffik [Mineral Resources Office, Greenland Government]
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[Mineral Resources Office, Greenland Government] |
Address: |
PO Box 1015, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23000 |
Fax: |
+299-24302 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
Provides information to Greenland Government and Greenlandic communities relating to minerals prospecting and development; and to mining and oil companies concerning operating conditions in Greenland. See also Minerals Resources Administration for Greenland. |
Arctic Station
Address: |
DK-3953 Qeqertarsuaq/Godhavn |
Telephone: |
+45-1-35-322160 |
Fax: |
+45-1-33-139104 |
Year of foundation: |
1906 |
Activities: |
Research institute under the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The major research fields are botany, zoology, geomorphology and geology. Library. |
Publications: |
Danish Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland. Publications (1967-) [continues Dansk Arktisk Station paa Disko. Arbejder (1910?-67)] |
Forsoegstationen 'Upernaviarsuk' [Experimental Station 'Uper']
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[Experimental Station 'Uper'] |
Address: |
PO Box 152, DK-3920, Qaqortoq |
Telephone: |
+299-38006 |
Fax: |
+299-38006 |
Activities: |
Independent research station study potential for sheep rearing, fodder crops and gardening in a polar environment. |
Greenland Home Rule Government
Website: |
www.gh.gl |
Address: |
PO Box 1015, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23000 |
Fax: |
+299-25002 |
Year of foundation: |
1979 |
Activities: |
Set up under the Home Rule Act (1978) to legislate and govern all of Greenland's internal affairs within the Kingdom of Denmark. |
Greenland Technological Society
Activities: |
[Sister organization to Danish Society for Arctic Technology] |
Greenland Tourism a/s
Address: |
Head Office, PO Box 1552, Hans Egdesvej 29, #DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-33-136975 |
Fax: |
+45-33-933883 |
Year of foundation: |
1992 |
Activities: |
Wholly owned by the Greenland Home-Rule Government with responsibilities for the development and organization of the tourist industry. |
Publications: |
Travel News from Greenland (1995-, 4pa); tourist brochures. |
Greenlandic Medical Association
Address: |
Nanortalik Sygehus, DK-3922 Nanortalik |
Telephone: |
+299-33211 |
Fax: |
+299-33512 |
Activities: |
organizes Nuna Med conferences (1991-, every three years) |
Greenlandic Place Names Committee
Address: |
PO Box 1029, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Groenlands Fiskeriundersoegelser (GF) [Greenland Fisheries Research Institute (GFRI)]
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[Greenland Fisheries Research Institute (GFRI)] |
Address: |
PO Box 570, 3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-31-854444 |
Fax: |
+45-35-821850 |
Year of foundation: |
1946 |
Activities: |
Fisheries science and biology of marine mammals, fish and invertebrates. |
Groenlands Forundersoegelser / Misissueqqaarnerit [Greenland Field Investigations]
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[Greenland Field Investigations] |
Address: |
Head Office, Mestervej 8, PO Box 1003, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-31-383055 |
Fax: |
+45-35-430830 |
Year of foundation: |
1961 [formerly part of the Technical Organization of Greenland] |
Activities: |
Has primary responsibility for the collection of hydrological and climatological data in Greenland. Also responsible for surveying and mapping activities. |
Publications: |
Klima-Info (1992-, 13pa) |
Groenlandsbanken A/S [Bank of Greenland]
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[Bank of Greenland] |
Address: |
29 Skibshavnsvej, PO Box 1033, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-21380 |
Fax: |
+299-23032 |
Activities: |
In addition to Nuuk, has branches at Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Ilulissat, Maniitsoq and Nuussuaq. |
Groenlandsfly A/S [Greenlandair Charter A/S]
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[Greenlandair Charter A/S] |
Address: |
PO Box 1012, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-28-888 |
Fax: |
+299-27-288 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 |
Activities: |
Charter airline operating out of Nuuk and Copenhagen. |
Ilisimatusarfik / The Greenland University
Website: |
http://chapman.sprl.db.erau.edu |
Address: |
PO Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-24-566 |
Fax: |
+299-24-711 |
Year of foundation: |
1984 |
Activities: |
Undergraduate- and Masters-level courses focusing on Greenland and the Arctic taught in 3 institutes: Greenlandic Language and Literature; History, Ethnology and Prehistory; and Administration and Economy. |
Publications: |
Groenland Kultur- og Samfundsforskning (1992-, annual) |
Kalaallit Atuakkiortut [Greenlandic Authors' Society]
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[Greenlandic Authors' Society] |
Address: |
PO Box 43, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23-475 |
Year of foundation: |
1975 |
Kalaallit Niuerfiat (KNI) [Greenland Trade]
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[Greenland Trade] |
Address: |
PO Box 1008, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Year of foundation: |
1776 [Until 1985 Kongelige Groenlanske Handel (Royal Greenland Trading Company)] |
Activities: |
Greenland-owned company now divided into three independent companies: KNI Service Inc, KNI Retail Inc. and Royal Arctic Line Inc. (the latter is a shipping company owned jointly with Lauritzen). |
Kalaallit Nunaanni Angalatitsivik / Groenlands Rejsebureau A/S [Greenland Travel]
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[Greenland Travel] |
Address: |
PO Box 330, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-43-455 |
Fax: |
+299-23-369 |
Activities: |
Greenlandic-owned and based travel agency. Other branches are in Ilulissat/Jakobshavn and Copenhagen. |
Kalaallit Nunaanni Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik / Groenlands Statistisk [Greenland Statistics]
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[Greenland Statistics] |
Website: |
www.statgreen.gl |
Address: |
PO Box 1025, DK-3900, Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23-000 |
Fax: |
+299-22-954 |
Year of foundation: |
1989 |
Publications: |
Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat (1991-, annual); also, other statistical series and reports. |
Kalallit Nunaat Aalisartut Pinartullu Kattufiat (KNAPK) [Greenland Association of Fishermen and Hunters]
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[Greenland Association of Fishermen and Hunters] |
Kangerlussuaq International Science Support (KISS)
Website: |
www.greenland-guide.dk/kangerlussuaq |
Address: |
PO Box 109, DK-3910 Kangerlussuaq |
Telephone: |
+299-11107 |
Fax: |
+299-11472 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
Provides accommodation, laboratories, offices and other facilities for researchers. Booking available through the Danish Polar Center. |
Nuna-Tek
Nunani Avannarlerni Piorsarsimassutsikkut Attaveqaat (NAPA) / Nordens Institut i Groenland [Nordic Institute in Greenland]
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[Nordic Institute in Greenland] |
Address: |
PO Box 770, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-24733 |
Fax: |
+299-25733 |
Year of foundation: |
1986 |
Activities: |
Financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers to promote Greenlandic art and cultural life and to foster inter-Nordic cultural relations in all fields. |
Royal Arctic Line A/S
Website: |
www.ral.gl |
Address: |
Head Office, PO Box 1580, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-22420 |
Fax: |
+299-22450 |
Year of foundation: |
1993 |
Activities: |
Set up by J. Lauritzen and the Greenland Government through Kalaallit Niuerfiat to operate ice-strengthened shipping providing regular services to Greenland ports and linking Greenland, Iceland and Denmark. |
Simerneq
Address: |
PO Box 1009, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Year of foundation: |
1979 |
Activities: |
Artists' society organizing exhibitions of works by members (Spring exhibition) and others (Autumn exhibition). |