Zackenberg Station

The station is owned by the Greenland Self-Government and was run by the Danish Arctic Institute (Dansk Polarcenter)[2][3] until 2008.

In 2009 the running of the Station was transferred to the Dept of Arctic Environment at the Danish National Environmental Research Institute [4] Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations is named after the Zackenberg Mountain and lies in the eastern part of King Christian X Land about 2 km inland on the south coast of Wollaston Foreland peninsula at Young Sound in the Greenland Sea, roughly 450 km (280 mi) northwest of Ittoqqortoormiit.

[5] Zackenberg Station is situated in a tundra climate (ET), with long, cold winters and short, cool summers.

[6] Zackenberg has 10 buildings holding scientific equipment and laboratories, living accommodations and a communication room.

[2][7] A group of experienced scientists investigated various potential locations for a new research facility in Northeast Greenland in 1991 and concluded that the position near the Zackenberg Elv delta was optimal.