Review of the Survey's activities in 1972

Abstract

In 1972 the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) continued activities in Greenland on the same scale as in the previous year, with a total of 127 people travelling to Greenland from Copenhagen to take part in geological, glaciological and geophysical work in eight major areas. The Survey, in its capacity as the official government department of the Ministry for Greenland dealing with geological affairs, carries out a variety of tasks involving geological mapping and prospecting, specialised investigations and the evaluation of potentially economic sites, as well as advising the Ministry on a number of matters concerning concession rights for mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and extraction. With the continuing steady increase in interest surrounding the mineral and hydrocarbon potential of Greenland, considerably more emphasis is being placed on economic matters. With this development the inevitable reorganisation of the internal structure of the Survey has begun and has been heralded by the formation of a section dealing with oil and gas geology to join the much larger mapping department. Other sections are expected to follow as the Survey grows steadily larger in the coming years.