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clean up: Peary Land Jørgen Brønlund Fjord (occasionally: Brønlund Fjord), located at the southern shore of the namesake fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland, was a radio station and until 1950 the northernmost permanent outpost of the world, at 82°10.5′N 29°23.3′W / 82.1750°N 29.3883°W. Since then, Alert, a Canadian settlement, and more recently the Russian settlement of Barneo holds this distinction. Brøndlund Fjord, the fjord, is about 30 km long and 1 to 2 km wide, and opens out to Independence Fjord from the north, with its mouth at 82°7.5′N 29°53.3′W / 82.1250°N 29.8883°W. Brøndlund Fjord
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create: Brønlundhus Brønlundhus, on some maps also Brønlundfjord, is is a former research station located on the western shore of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in southern Peary Land, North Greenland. It is named after Danish Arctic researcher Jørgen Brønlund, or after the namesake fjord on which it is located. Hus in Danish means house. It is close to the mouth of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord where it opens into Independence Fjord. Brønlundhus was built 1947-1948 by the Danish Peary Land Expeditions on initiative of Eigil Knuth, throug an air lift from the Daneborg area 1000 km further south.
Brønlundhus and was used as a base for the first expedition 1948-50 when Peary Land was explored by scientists on dog sledge. During this time, until the establishment of Alert in Canada, Brønlundhus was the northernmost station in the world, not counting historical depot huts of polar explorers like Peary's Cape Columbia Depot. From 1963 to 1972 the station was occasionally used during summers (April to August) as a base for smaller groups working in the area around the station. In 1972 a new station, Kap Harald Moltke, was built some ten kilometers east of Brønlundhus, on the opposite side of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord, where an old raised seabed provides a natural runway, making air access possible. In summer, traffic between the two neighboring stations is by boat, depending on ice conditions. Since the death of Eigil Knuth, the stations are administered by Peary Land Foundation. Today, Brønlundhus can be characterised as a museum, with a collection of artefacts from polar explorations. In 2001, NANOK found the station in a reasonably good condition, and performed minor repairs and exterior maintenance with paint and felt. [1]