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Innovative salmon farm in northern Norway
The most sustainable and fish-friendly onshore salmon farming facility is to be built in northern Norway. Stefan Leimer took a look at it for us.
TV tip: Antarctica – The frozen time
Television channel ARTE shows online and on its TV channel an exciting and above all intimate side of a hardly visited region of Antarctica.
Argentina ended its Antarctic campaign
The 2020/21 Antarctic campaign has been successfully completed following the arrival of the icebreaker ARA “Almirante Irízar” in the port of Buenos Aires.
Northwest Passage gains momentum
Not only is shipping traffic increasing in the Russian Arctic, but more and larger ships are also passing through the Northwest Passage.
Thawing permafrost cools Arctic waters
A new study by a researcher has found that thawing permafrost in Alaska is causing colder water in smaller rivers and streams.
Loss of sea ice causes snow chaos in Europe
Loss of Arctic sea ice is likely responsible for chaotic spring snowfall conditions in Europe
Canada sees China as a problem in the Arctic
The Canadian government assesses, in addition to climate change, China’s expansion into the Arctic as problems that will have to be dealt with in the future.
Tense avalanche situation around Longyearbyen
Several avalanches, some of them large, have occurred in and around Longyearbyen and the authorities have not yet given the all-clear.
Indigenous culture of Taimyr receives financial support
Indigenous peoples on the Taimyr Peninsula will receive new funding to preserve their culture. 28 different projects in the Russian Arctic benefit from the grants.
Enceladus could have ocean currents like Antarctica
The ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be more active than scientists previously believed. Enceladus is one of 82 moons of Saturn discovered to date.
Novatek invests to push Arctic LNG2
Novatek plans to raise $11 billion for Arctic operations, intending to accelerate the start-up of Arctic LNG2.
Book – Meine Welt schmilzt
The book “Meine Welt schmilzt” by Line Nagell Ylvisäker vividly describes the effects of climate change and has also touched guest author Stefan Leimer.
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The next Arctic Winter Games will take place in 2023
Arctic Winter Games organizers reported that the next edition will now take place in early 2023. A postponement occurred because of Covid-19.
Fire brigade in Antarctica
All stations in Antarctica have one problem, namely fire protection. Once a fire has broken out it is almost impossible to bring it under control.
Fire on Australia’s supply ship for Antarctica
A fire on the Australian Antarctic supply ship MPV Everest has crippled one of its two engine rooms, in the middle of the ship’s voyage home.
Elections bring Greenland a new government
Greenland has voted and put a damper on the previously ruling Siumut party by electing the opposition party as the strongest force.
North-East Passage – Russia moves into position
As soon as the traffic jam at the Suez Canal was over and the last ships could pass through the canal, the discussion about alternatives really started.
Tipping point for major West Antarctic glacier?
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica may soon have reached its tipping point, leading to the unstoppable flow of ice.
Exploded over Antarctica 430,000 years ago
A team of Belgian researchers has found new evidence that a large asteroid exploded just above Antarctica’s ice sheet about 430,000 years ago.
Mercury in the narwhal’s tusk as a sign of climate change
The amount of mercury in narwhals’ tusks has increased significantly due to climate change, a new study shows.
Art and Endangered Species in Northeastern of Siberia
At the most easterly point of Siberia, just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, lies the village of Uelen in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Arctic -measurements of winter sea ice 2020/21
On March 21, 2021, Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent for the winter of 2020/21 at 5.71 million square miles.
Another successful launch of 36 OneWeb satellites
Satellite communications company OneWeb has confirmed the successful launch of all 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Increased lightning strikes in the Arctic
A new phenomenon could spread across the skies of the Arctic in the future. Lightnings are relatively rare in the Arctic, but they have tripled in the last decade.
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