Ice still hinders passage along the Russian Arctic coast during the winter months. In the future, climate change could massively shorten the icing of the Northern Sea Route in autumn and spring. (Foto: Rosatomflot) The Russian government has announced plans to...
From the 2021/22 summer season, alcohol consumption will be re-regulated on Australian research facilities in Antarctica. (Photo: AAD) The amount of alcohol at Australian Antarctic research stations will be aligned with current Australian Government health guidelines...
On the site of the Ushuaia Peninsula, the government of Argentina wants to build a new logistics center for Antarctica and also station the navy. (Image: Heiner Kubny) Argentine President Alberto Fernández wants to push for the construction of an Antarctic logistics...
When a bumblebee was found in 1902 on Novaya Zemlya in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, entomologists were surprised. It wasn’t a sensation, though. The insect could have been brought to the islands by the wind from the mainland. At that time, there was no...
Wiese Island is an isolated Russian island in the Arctic Ocean, named after Russian oceanographer Vladimir Wiese. A hydrometeorological polar station was established on November 1, 1945. The polar station of Wiese Island is one of the northernmost in the world. There...
