The Icelandic field service focuses on field management for scientists, building scientific equipment and maintaining it. The company arranges everything needed to accomplish successful field work in Icelandic conditions. Our field trucks are all well equipped and specially modified for the Icelandic highland roads and glaciers. The owners of the company have over 20 years of experience in the Icelandic highlands, logistics, setting up electronic equipment and maintaining them.
We do logistics while you focus on the science!
- Lodging (Huts, tents, hotels)
- Transport (Vehicles, aircraft)
- Tools
- Special solutions for installations
- Designing devices and building
- Technical support
- Deployment of instruments
- Revisiting and maintaining instruments
The planning for summer of 2018 has started. Please be welcome to send requests to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
-We make science better-
Through the years, we have worked with various Universities and Institutes around the world.
University of Iceland - Institute of Earth Sciences (www.hi.is www.jardvis.hi.is)
University of Cambridge - Department of Earth Sciences (www.esc.cam.ac.uk/)
The Ohio State University - School of Earth Sciences (www.osu.edu/)
University of California - Santa Cruz (www.ucsc.edu/)
University of Washington, Seattle - Department of Earth and Space Sciences (https://www.ess.washington.edu/)
University of Hawai, Manoa - School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (www.soest.hawaii.edu/)
University of South Florida - School of Geosciences (labs.cas.usf.edu/geodesy/)
The University of Edinburgh - School of GeoSciences (www.geos.ed.ac.uk)
Dickinson College (www.dickinson.edu)
Roma Tre University (www.uniroma3.it)
University College Dublin - Geophysics Group (http://www.ucd.ie/geophysics/)
Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Earth and Space Sciences (www.chalmers.se)
Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research (www.vbpr.no)
University of Bristol - School og Earth Sciences (www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/)
SETI Institute - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (www.seti.org)
Rob Brown Photography (http://www.robbrown.co.nz/)
The Open University, UK (http://www.open.ac.uk/)
University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences (https://www.geo.umass.edu/)
Transport
- Special field Trucks (modified Hilux, Landcruiser)
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Trailers for difficult roads
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Snow scooters
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Helicopters to be arranged
Camping gear
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Tents
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Gas stoves
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Cooking equipment
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Sleeping bags
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Camping chairs
Meteorological data - equipment
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Young meteorological sensors
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Campbell data loggers and sensors
- Rotronoc meteorological sensors
- Logan temperature sensors
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Web cameras
Hand held equipment
- Garmin GPS
- Two way radios
- Silva Compasses
Radio links
- GSM modems
- UHF radiators
Power supplies
- Solar cells
- Batteries
- Wind generators
- Gasoline generators
Weather stations for the Road administration
GPS stations on Breiðamerkurjökull
Time laps camera by Jökulsárlón
CTD measurements in Jökulsárlón
GPS stations on Mýrdalsjökull
Weather station in Kverkfjöll - http://vedur.mogt.is/harbor/?action=Stations&harborid=13
Web camera in Kverkfjöll - http://vedur2.mogt.is/kverkfjoll/webcam/index.php
Web camera on Grímsfjall - http://vedur2.mogt.is/grimsfjall/webcam/