An oil rig is being towed in the Stavanger shipping area in Norway. Image: Odfjell Drilling Oil exploration in the Barents Sea continues, with Norway issuing eight new production licenses. While Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth win a legal battle against the...
Departing from Spain last autumn, the Hespéridesis moored in the small bay opposite the Juan Carlos I station. Image: Ocean Networks Canada To monitor the melting of the Antarctic and its effects on the balance of the Southern Ocean, a Spanish-Canadian association has...
Dr. Marco Falchieri, scientist at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, taking samples from a fur seal (left). The kelp gull is widespread in the sub-Antarctic islands and is one of the species affected by the avian influenza virus. Images: British Antarctic Survey /...
Cape Digby, in the north of the eastern side of the Courbet peninsula in the Kerguelen archipelago. Image: Laura Charlanne / French Polar Institute Southern elephant seals don’t fast completely during the drastic moulting period, but they could very well go in...
Crossing a glacial river on South Georgia Island to the St Andrews Bay penguin colony. Ligne de vie installée par les guides pour aider les passagers à y accéder. Image: Camille Lin The Polar Issues Chair led by Anne Choquet and Brest’s maritime higher education...