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Danish research team arrives next week

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 Source: GNA

Accra, Sept. 28, GNA -A Danish research expedition, Galathea, arrives in Tema on board a ship Vaedderen on 0ctober 3 to meet with Ghanaians researchers and visit a variety of historical sites around Accra.

The research team is circumnavigating the globe, carrying more than 60 research projects initiated by Danish and international research environments.

A statement from the Danish Embassy in Accra on Thursday said the expedition ship would cover all climatic regions of the world during her eight-month voyage.

=93This will provide a unique platform for especially natural science research, which have a rare opportunity for carrying out coordinated studies of life and processes in the oceans, from Greenland in the north to Antarctica in the south and from the Solomon Islands in the east to the Galapagos in the west.=94 It said the expedition also included historic and land-based projects.

It said the expedition was also to reinforce the idea of modern science of being of present-day relevance, especially among the coming generations that in a few years would contribute to shaping the future.

Source: GNA