A documentary film tells the story of the construction of Villum Research Station. Journalist Martin Breum and camera man and producer Jakob Gottschau followed the events from the very first part of the planning until the station was completed.

See the movie on the web page of Villum Research Station (choose between English and Danish versions, duration approx. 20 minutes).

Villum Research Station in North East Greenland is one of the world’s most Northerly and best equipped research stations, situated only 900 km from the North Pole. The facility was founded in 2014 based on means provided by the Danish private fund Villum Foundation. It was offically opened in July 2015. Villum Research Station is owned by the Greenland Government and is being operated by Aarhus University (Denmark) in cooperation with the Danish Defense (the Arctic Command).

The aim of Villum Research Station, Station Nord is to provide unique state-of-the-art arctic research infrastructure for investigating climate change and its effects on atmospheric, oceanographic, biological, and geological conditions and processes in the High Arctic.