Arctic Environmental Response after Tsunami in Northwest Greenland 2017


Arctic Environmental Response after Tsunami in Northwest Greenland 2017

About Event
13/10/2024 10:30 - 11:15
Silfurberg A

In summer 2017 two small villages in Northwest Greenland was hit by a tsunami caused by a landslide, that forced moren than 200 people to flee from their homes. Danish Emergency Management Agency  was asked for assistance of local Greenland authority to aid with environmental response and wet search and recovery of four people missing after the tsunami. This mission was on the request of Danish Defence's Joint Arctic Command and Arctic Respond in Greenland. Civil Protection officer Peter Hwan Lajgaard was deployed for early reconnaissance and as a teamleader for a joint group of rescue divers and WET USAR specialist from Denmark and Greenland. Presentation with photos and film clips from the hectic summer months and teamwork in Northwest Greenland.