Greenland’s vice president visits ESRIN

Greenland’s Vice Premier and Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, Jens Frederiksen, made his first official visit to ESA’s ESRIN Establishment on 29 August to discuss the monitoring of the Arctic, one of the regions most affected by climate change.

Left to right: Maurice Borgeaud, Head of the ESA Earth Observation Science, Applications and Future Technologies Department;
Josef Aschbacher, Head of the ESA GMES Space Office;
Simonetta Cheli, Head of the ESA Earth Observation Coordination Office;
Jens Frederiksen, Vice Premier and Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport of Greenland;
Stephen Briggs, Head of ESA Earth Observation Programme Planning and Coordination Service;
Pascal Gilles, Pascal Gilles, Head of ESA Earth Explorer Payload Data Ground Segment;
Maria Grazia Abete, ESA Director General's Cabinet;
Lida Skifte Lennert, Minister Counselor and Head of the Greenland Representation to the EU;
Anna Hogg, ESA Earth Observation Young Graduate Trainee (YGT);
Mark Doherty, Head of the ESA Earth Observation Applications and Services Division.