Asiaq continues more than 40 years of investigation of the physical environment in Greenland. Through the years, we have established a large archive of maps, survey reports and hydrology reports on conditions in and around Greenlandic towns and settlements. In addition, Asiaq maintains a comprehensive archive of climate data.

Preconstruction surveys and reports

Asiaq is the archive holder of a comprehensive material on surveys carried out in Greenland since 1955. Reports of surveys carried out by other companies can also be found in the archive.
 
Geotechnical reports are typically prepared prior to civil engineering construction projects. Reports contain:

• a short description of the specific assignment
• an objective presentation of the field investigation
• an assessment of the physical conditions from an engineering point of view – typically concerning foundation – in relation to the assignment
• an appendix, which may contain e.g. technical data sheets from boring profiles, laboratory analyses, sounding results, temperature measurements

Please contact Martin Nauta.

Boring archive

Asiaq’s boring archive consists of ca. 30,000 subsurface investigations carried out in towns and settlements throughout the country from ca. 1955 until the present.
 
Subsurface investigations may be performed as:

• core drillings
• geotechnical drillings in sediment
• simple geotechnical drillings
• vane shear tests
• test drillings

A subsurface investigation profile may include information on e.g.:

• soil layer composition
• depth to bedrock
• mechanical soil characteristics

Results from subsurface investigations are stored as paper profiles and are available from Asiaq on request.

Please contact Martin Nauta.

Climate data

Asiaq collects weather data from monitoring stations in towns throughout the country. The most recent measurements are available at our Present Weather site. Here you can find updated information on e.g. temperature, wind, and chill factor in Greenlandic towns. In addition, you can call +299 34 88 45 and listen to weather information on Asiaq’s weather phone.
 
At the town stations, the following parameters are measured:

• air temperature
• air pressure
• mean wind speed
• direction of mean wind
• maximum wind speed
• direction of maximum wind speed
• relative humidity
• shortwave radiation
• accumulated precipitation
• UVB radiation

Please contact Dorthe Petersen.

Hydrological data

Asiaq’s current hydrological monitoring stations are placed at several sites in Greenland. Generally, the hydrological monitoring stations measure: 

• water level
• water temperature
• air temperature
• precipitation

In addition, earth temperature, radiation, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction are measured in a few places. When visiting the stations, technicians also measure stream flow when required. Continuous stream flow can thus be calculated using the relationship between water level and stream flow.

Furthermore, Asiaq is in possession of large amounts of data from numerous stations around Greenland that are no longer in use. 
 
Please contact Dorthe Petersen.

The Map Archive

Asiaq has a large collection of maps on paper of Greenlandic towns and settlements and of undeveloped land. These can be purchased digitally as scanned image files. The inventory map of the archive is called F- key and can be downloaded in PDF format. Note that the maps are subdivided into larger-scale maps. An inventory of those is available on request. Among available products are town maps, technical maps in scale 1:500, air photos, Class 1 maps, topographic maps, base maps, catchment maps and many others.

Please contact Kortbutikken