2018-03-13


Visit of the Arctic Council at Jungfraujoch

In the context of Switzerland’s Observer Status to the Arctic Council, a delegation of Senior Arctic Officials and Ambassadors visited the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch:

    Mr. Aleksi Härkönen, Senior Arctic Official of the Republic of Finland
    Mr. Björn Lyrvall, Senior Arctic Official of the Kingdom of Sweden
    Mr. Timo Rajakangas, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland
    Ms. Bergljot Hovland, Counsellor Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway
    Mr. Magnus Hartog-Holm, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden
    Mr. Stefan Flückiger, Ambassador, Head of Sectoral Foreign Policies Division, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
    Mr. Grégoire Hauser, Desk Officer, Head of Sectoral Foreign Policies Division, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
    Prof. Konrad Steffen, Director, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
    Prof. Silvio Decurtins, President HFSJG



In the library of the research station, Prof. Decurtins, President HFSJG, gave a short introduction into the Foundation HFSJG.


Then the group visited the Sphinx-laboratories under the special guidance of Dr. Martin Steinbacher, Laboratory for Air Pollution / Environmental Technology, Empa.

Despite the ‘arctic’ weather, a group photo was taken on the Sphinx-terrace.