Kilpisjärvi Biological Station @ kilpiscope

Kilpisjärvi Biological Station

Kilpisjärvi Biological Station is situated in the mountain birch forest zone near the 70th parallel of northern latitude (69°03′N; 20°50′E) in the northwesterenmost part of Finland. Station belongs to University of Helsinki, the Faculty of Biosciences

Professor Olavi Kalela established the station in the 1960s.
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