In the tundra, sedge meadows, peat bogs, and ponds cover the landscape. In the subarctic forest, where the ground is firmer, tiny, stunted trees can live to be hundreds of years old. Standing less ...

Värriö Subarctic Research Station was founded in 1967 and belongs to the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) at the University of Helsinki. It is located in the Värriö strict ...

The untouched landscape offers good opportunities for geologists to study the ground formations. A seismograph station at the Värriö Subarctic Research Station detects and records seismic events in ...