OUR MISSION

The High Arc­tic Insti­tute is an IRS des­ig­nat­ed 501(c)(3) not-for-prof­it con­ser­va­tion, research and edu­ca­tion orga­ni­za­tion that was found­ed by Kurt Burn­ham in 2006.  Based in the Unit­ed States, sci­en­tists from the High Arc­tic Insti­tute trav­el to north­west Green­land each sum­mer to con­duct a vari­ety of sci­en­tif­ic stud­ies on the many species of birds which occur there.  For more infor­ma­tion on the types of research we con­duct vis­it our Con­ser­va­tion, Research, and Edu­ca­tion page to see our cur­rent and com­plet­ed projects. Con­ser­va­tion Goal:  To mon­i­tor avian species in the Thule area to doc­u­ment changes in the over­all num­ber of indi­vid­u­als or pairs, dis­tri­b­u­tion of the local pop­u­la­tion, and nest­ing chronol­o­gy, with spe­cif­ic atten­tion giv­en to species which occur at rel­a­tive­ly low lev­els. Research Goal:  To con­duct research on lit­tle-known or poor­ly under­stood species and top­ics and to advance the over­all sci­en­tif­ic knowl­edge of High Arc­tic species and ecosys­tems. Edu­ca­tion Goal:  To pro­vide hands-on research expe­ri­ence to under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate stu­dents by hav­ing them accom­pa­ny High Arc­tic Insti­tute sci­en­tists into the field.