The High Arc-tic Insti-tute is an IRS des-ig-nated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit con-ser-va-tion, research and edu-ca-tion orga-ni-za-tion that was founded by Kurt Burn-ham in 2006. Based in the United States, sci-en-tists from the High Arc-tic Insti-tute travel to north-west Green-land each sum-mer to con-duct a vari-ety of sci-en-tific stud-ies on the many species of birds which occur there. For more infor-ma-tion on the types of research we con-duct visit our Con-ser-va-tion, Research, and Edu-ca-tion page to see our cur-rent and com-pleted projects.

Con-ser-va-tion Goal: To mon-i-tor avian species in the Thule area to doc-u-ment changes in the over-all num-ber of indi-vid-u-als or pairs, dis-tri-b-u-tion of the local pop-u-la-tion, and nest-ing chronol-ogy, with spe-cific atten-tion given to species which occur at rel-a-tively low levels.

Research Goal: To con-duct research on little-known or poorly under-stood species and top-ics and to advance the over-all sci-en-tific knowl-edge of High Arc-tic species and ecosystems.

Edu-ca-tion Goal: To pro-vide hands-on research expe-ri-ence to under-grad-u-ate and grad-u-ate stu-dents by hav-ing them accom-pany High Arc-tic Insti-tute sci-en-tists into the field.