The DTU team have been in Greenland again in summer and fall 2025 to study the linkages between permafrost thaw and drinking water quality.

Work packages 1, 2 and 3 joined efforts together with the project ThinIce (Thawing industrial legacies in the Arctic - a threat to permafrost ecosystems) also this year, in the western arctic tundra.

The Portuguese team set off on August 22nd to Sisimiut, Greenland, with the mission of collecting samples for contaminants in flora and fauna.

Summer means expeditions in Arctic research. A team, led by the ILLUQ coordinator Hugues Lantuit, is currently on the Hersechel Island / Qikiqtaruk on field work related to the WPs 1 and 6.

The past week ILLUQ held its first annual meeting in the beatiful Sesimbra in Portugal.

A new trans-disciplinary, comparative study reveals key risks posed by thawing Arctic permafrost.

The ILLUQ 2024 summer field work kicked off with an expedition to the Herschel Island / Qikiqtaruk in the Yukon coast in Canada.

The last of the three consultations locations was Ilulissat in Greenland, where we visited several public and private institutions. 

We continued our consultation meetings in Svalbard. This time in collaboration with our sister projects ICEBERG and ArcSolution.

Consultations in the local communities form a large part of ILLUQ activities. In summer 2024, we visited Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, and Aklavik as part of the ILLUQ project’s outreach and collaboration efforts.

A big part of our research takes place in the Arctic in expeditions. Our researchers visit local communties in Western Greenland, Svalbard and in the Canadian Arctic.

Between June 16-20, 2024 ILLUQ presented its upcoming activities at the ICOP2024 in Whitehorse, Canada.

The ILLUQ kick-off meeting took place between 11-15 March 2024 in the magnificent setting of the French Alps in Aussois.

ILLUQ is Horizon Europe funded permafrost project that studies the impacts of permafrost thaw to the health (human, animal and environmental), pollution and ecosystem services.