In collaboration with the University of Iceland and the Embassy of Sweden, the IK Foundation set up a scientific field station at the outwash plain Breiðamerkursandur in September 2022.
The Field Station provides the opportunity to monitor the landscape biosphere, such a wildlife, weather, vegetation, atmosphere and more without human intervention in a remote area for up to one year.
Jökulnes has most of the characteristics of uninhabited wilderness, as there is little or no traces of traffic or other human activities there. A large part of the area was covered by a glacier in 1998 and therefore part of the glacial cap of Vatnajökull, one of the defined Wilderness of Vatnajökull National Park, when the national park was established. In 2019, Vatnajökull National Park was inscribed upon the UNESCO World Heritage List.
During the Arctic Circle Assembly in Harpa, there will be a live stream from Solander’s Eye and promotional video displaying the Field Station capabilities will be shown.
Kwa kushirikiana na Chuo Kikuu cha Iceland na Ubalozi wa Sweden, IK Foundation ilianzisha kituo cha uwanja wa kisayansi katika Breiðamerkurslönd. Kituo cha Uwanja hutoa fursa ya kufuatilia mazingira ya mazingira, kama vile wanyama wa porini, hali ya hewa, mimea, anga na zaidi bila uingiliaji wa binadamu katika eneo la mbali kwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja. Jökulnes ina sifa nyingi za jangwa lisilo na watu, kwa kuwa kuna alama chache au hakuna alama za trafiki au shughuli nyingine za kibinadamu huko. Sehemu kubwa ya eneo hilo ilifunikwa na barafu mnamo 1998 na kwa hivyo ilikuwa sehemu ya cap ya barafu ya Vatnajökull, moja ya maeneo yaliyofafanuliwa ya Wilderness ya Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Vatnajökull, wakati Hifadhi ya Taifa ilianzishwa. Mnamo mwaka wa 2019, Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Vatnajökull iliorodheshwa kwenye Orodha ya Urithi wa Dunia wa UNESCO. Wakati wa Mkutano wa Mzunguko wa Aktiki huko Harpa, kutakuwa na mkondo wa moja kwa moja kutoka Jicho la Solander na video ya uendelezaji inayoonyesha uwezo wa Kituo cha Shamba itaonyeshwa.