Paamiut
Paamiut , formerly Frederikshåb , town (1996 pop. 2,040), Paamiut dist., SW Greenland; founded in 1792. Fishing, seal hunting, and sheep raising are the main occupations.
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Qaanaaq and Paamiut airports should not be compared - claim.
Magazine article from: Airline Industry Information; 5/24/2001; 634 words
; ...2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The airport in Paamiut will be more expensive than the one in...DKK108m. It has been estimated that the Paamiut airport will be more expensive than the...alone are paying for the construction at Paamiut. The airport in Qaanaaq has an 899...
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West Greenland's cod-to-shrimp transition: local dimensions of climatic change.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Sisimiut, south of Disko Bay, and Paamiut, on the southwest coast. Sisimiut prospered...through the cod-to-shrimp transition. Paamiut, more specialized in cod fishing, declined...change, human dimensions, Sisimiut, Paamiut, Elias Kleist, North Atlantic Oscillation...
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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES STATE TROOPERS DISPATCHES, FEB. 21
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...reported that he knew he was somewhere between Twin Mountain and Paamiut Fish Camp but could not get a sense of direction due to weather...on the tundra for three days and on the forth day found the Paamiut Cabin where he waited until Mekoryuk Search and Rescue found...
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Greenland witnesses record winter high temperature
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/21/2005; 379 words
; ...such as Algarve, Malorca, and northern Tunisia. The official record of 16.0 C (60.8 F) was recorded in the town of Paamiut (Frederikshob) on the western coast of the Greenland. The temperature is the highest recorded winter temperature since record...
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Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Map from: GeoNova Territory Maps; 8/1/2007; 282 words
; ...CHRISTIAN X LAND, KING FREDERIK VIII LAND, KNUD RASMUSSEN LAND, Labrador Sea, NORWAY, Norwegian Sea, Nuuk (Godthab), Paamiut (Frederikshab), Qaanaaq (Thule), Qaqortoq (Julianehab), Qasigiannguit (Christianshab), Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn...
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Plastics lead a sporting life; on water and land, summertime means big business for plastics producers.
Magazine article from: Design News; 8/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...May 15th and constitutes the first ever circumnavigation of Greenland by ground transportation. The expedition departed from Paamiut on the southwestern coast and traveled 1,420 miles north by sea kayak to Pituffil (Thula Air Field). The team will depart...
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Allanite--(Ce) and its type locality.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...material, except that it was from Greenland. Giesecke had spent the first part of 1806 traveling in the Frederikshab District (Paamiut Commune and Ivittuut Commune) and the second part in the Julianehab District (Qaqortoq Commune, Narsaq Commune, and Nanortalik...
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Myxine jespersenae, a New Species of Hagfish (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae) from the North Atlantic Ocean
Magazine article from: Copeia; 5/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...operation with Japan Marine Fishery Resources Research Center (JAMARC). These surveys together with two surveys by R/V PAAMIUT were aimed for groundfish, mainly Greenland halibut down to a depth of 1500 m. Towing time was 30 minutes, speed 3.5 knots...
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Canada
Map from: Maps.com Digital Earth Maps; 1/1/1999; 466 words
; ...Yukon Great Bear Lake Great Slave Lake Lake Winnipeg Lake Nipigon Smallwood Reservior Lake Mistassini Great Salt Lake Yukon Paamiut (Frederikshåb) Nuuk (Godthåb) Etah Qaanaaq (Thule) Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) Kangerlussuaq (S...
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Extreme crustal thinning in the south Porcupine Basin and the nature of the Porcupine Median High: implications for the formation of non-volcanic rifted margins
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...serpentinization. Within the continent-ocean transitions of several non-volcanic rifted continental margins (west Iberia, SW Greenland, South Australia, Goban Spur), a broad zone of partially serpentinized peridotites has been identified from seismic data...
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Paamiut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Paamiut , formerly Frederikshåb , town (1996 pop. 2,040), Paamiut dist., SW Greenland; founded in 1792. Fishing, seal hunting, and sheep raising are the main occupations.
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Frederikshåb
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Frederikshåb Greenland: see Paamiut .
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