ABOUT US
ABOUT NUNATARYUK
NUNATARYUK is an international permafrost research project funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 framework programme. In Nunataryuk, 26 partners from 12 countries work together to understand how thawing permafrost on land, along the coast and below the sea changes the global climate and life for people in the Arctic.
NUNATARYUK means “land-to-sea” in Inuvialuktun, one of the Inuit languages spoken in Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada, where land meets the Arctic Ocean. NUNATARYUK combines permafrost research with modelling and socio-economic analysis and includes stakeholders from all over the Arctic. New research is underway, in cooperation with local partners, in Beaufort Sea, Greenland, Svalbard and the north-eastern Siberia in Russia. The findings will be used to develop targeted adaptation and mitigation strategies both for the local communities and for our global society.
Key Numbers
- Duration: 6 years (2017-2023)
- Starting date: 1 November 2017
- Funding: EU Horizon 2020, BG-2017-1
- Budget: 11.5 M€
- 26 partners from 11 countries
- Coordinator: Prof. Hugues Lantuit
Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Potsdam, Germany
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PROJECT MAPS
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Our Work Packages
WP1 - Terrestrial Permafrost
WP2 - Coastal Permafrost
WP3 - Subsea Permafrost
WP4 - Coastal Waters
WP5 - Health and Pollution
WP6 - Coastal Infrastructure
WP7 - Natural Resources, Economy and Coastal Community Planning
WP8 - Modelling
WP9 - Adaptation and Mitigation
WP10 - Management
Publications
Project related publications and data are collected to the NUNATARYUK page in the Zenodo Open Access repository.
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COORDINATION TEAM
Nunataryuk is coordinated by Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Potsdam Germany.
Prof. Hugues Lantuit
Project coordinator
Hugues.Lantuit@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A45
D-14473 Potsdam
Building A45 S-307
Tel: +49(331)288-2216
Dr. Paul Overduin
Co-coordinator
paul.overduin@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A43
D-14473 Potsdam
Building A45-107
Tel: +49(331)288-2113
Dr. Michael Fritz
Coordination team
Michael.Fritz@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A45
D-14473 Potsdam
Building A45 S-304
Tel: +49(331)288-2203
Leena Viitanen
Project Manager
Leenakaisa.Viitanen@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A45
D-14473 Potsdam
Building A45 N-304
Tel: +49(331)288-20127
Tordis Hellmann
Grant Manager
Tordis.Hellmann@awi.de
Alfred Wegener Institute
Am Handelshafen 12
27570 Bremerhaven
Room E-3480
Tel: +49(471)4831-2356
EU Polar Cluster
Nunataryuk is part of the EU Polar Cluster. The EU Polar Cluster is a network of Horizon 2020 and Framework Programme 7 funded polar research projects. The objective of the Cluster is to bring the state-of-the-art insights from various areas of expertise together in order to increase synergies between research disciplines and provide one entry point to EU funded Polar research. The Cluster aims at providing policy-relevant information and supporting the EU in implementing its integrated policy for the Arctic.
www.polarcluster.eu