A new China-Iceland Arctic science observatory is already expanding its focus
Launched as an aurora observatory, the facility already has plans to incorporate other areas of study.
October 31, 2018
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It began as an aurora observatory — a place to improve atmospheric observations and space science in northern Iceland, at a rural outpost an hour or so from Akureyri. But it soon became a much more ambitious Arctic research facility.
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