Research Objectives


The primary purpose of the station is to enable field work under harsh and extremely variable environmental conditions (cold, elevated UV-radiation, dryness, low nutrient concentrations, long lasting darkness below snow and ice, atmospheric fertilization and acidification of oligotrophic ecosystems etc.). The present emphasis lies on studies related to

  • evolutionary microbial ecology,
  • diversity of psychrophilic microbes,
  • interactions in ecosystems with strong determinants and
  • life and survival strategies.