Research vessel, the Nansen Explorer, off the coast of East Greenland. (Photo: Beat Frey)
Research vessel, the Nansen Explorer, off the coast of East Greenland. (Photo: Beat Frey) Along the coast of East Greenland lie some of the most untouched fjords and glacier landscapes in the world. This is where WSL microbiologist Beat Frey travelled with the "Leister Go East 2023 Expedition" on the icebreaker Nansen Explorer to collect plastic waste and isolate unknown microbes living on it. I love great landscapes, untouched wilderness, mountain peaks and glaciers, so I have always been fascinated by the Arctic. East Greenland is one of the most isolated areas on the island, indeed in the whole world. Only about 56,000 people live on the whole of Greenland, and about 3000 on the rugged east coast. The larger settlements are all in the west and south of the country.
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