Year-round opening of the Northern Sea Route depends on icebreaker escorts. Image: Baltic Shipyard To promote the development of the Russian Arctic, national and regional authorities have invited foreign delegations from friendly countries to visit Arkhangelsk, in the...
There are 29 countries taking part in the Antarctic Treaty negotiations and 28 others that can attend. Image : Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty The meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes has just finished in Argentina, ahead of the...
While we tend to hear more about corals in warm seas, it’s common to find them in cold, deep waters. Image: Bárbara Neves / Amundsen Science / NG / DFO Bubblegum coral, popcorn coral, the cold-water corals of the Canadian Arctic have a tough skin when it comes...
Balloon preparation in Esrange, Sweden, for the MAGIC mission led by Cyril Crevoisier and Caroline Bès in 2021. Image: Camille Lin An international team of physicists and balloonists flew a helium-filled aerial vessel between Sweden and Canada to study the atmosphere...
The Antarctic, visited by cruise lines, pleasure yachts and scientific expeditions. Image: Camille Lin For the past year, Chile has been taking steps to enforce its Antarctic Law, adopted in 2020, by including conduct prohibited in Antarctica in the list of acts...
