1. Kangerlussuaq airport - the largest and most frequent traffic in Greenland.
2. The SCIA'99 conference was held in 7.-11. June in Kangerlussuaq - a former USAF air base.
3. Southern slopes. Anybody wonders why the call it "Greenland"?

1. Danish beer and fish food were regularly found in the Polar Beer Inn.
2. Former army barracks serve now for different purposes; e.g. Bowling hall and The Club ("Klubben").
3. Siegfried Berchner and a swedish fellow from Stockholm. The blue building in the background is the Conference center.

1. Local bus to Kelly Ville, located 7 km away from downtown and has app. 5 inhabitants.
2. Pasi smiles the contrast of SCIA'99 and the rough landscape of Greenland.
3. At the rowing club. The season is obviously not yet started.

1. Outdoor coffee/tea at the rowing club: Farzin Mokhtarian, Anil Jain, Ioannis Pratikakis, me and Thorsten Jäger.
2. They say that the summer in Finland is short but with less snow. In Greenland it is just short.
3. Conference participants are curious about the "outdoor kitchen" and the destiny of the poor seals.

1. Outdoor dinner at the rowing club. It takes special food (and drinks) to stay warm.
2. Thorsten and Ioannis having dinner consisting of fish, seal, whale and son on.
3. High concentration of Finnish tech.univ. researchers, front to back. Left: J.Kyllönen (Oulu), H.Kauppinen (Oulu), A.Vehtari (Helsinki), H.Kälviäinen (Lappeenranta), E.Oja (Helsinki). Right: J.Lampinen (Helsinki), ?? (Oulu), J.Laitinen (VTT,Oulu), P.Kuosmanen (Tampere), J.Heikkonen (Helsinki), J.Parkkinen (Joensuu).