Increased isolation between polar bear populations may increase inbreeding in the future. (Image: Heiner Kubny) A study of polar bears in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago found that their genetic diversity is up to 10 percent lower than it was two decades ago. Sea...
On 06.09.2021 at 10:38 the “Le Commandant Charcot” reached the North Pole. (Photo: Ponant) The French shipowner “Ponant” has reason to celebrate by reaching the North Pole! Ponant’s website says: “This important sailing milestone,...
The Sami are the only indigenous people in Europe, and their homeland stretches across Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia. (Photo: Minority Rights Group) After years of opposition from indigenous people, a Swiss energy company has reconsidered its investment in a...
The new Australian icebreaker “RSV Nuyina” off the Dutch Damen shipyard in Vlissingen is ready to go ‘home’. (Photo: Pete Harmsen) Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker “RSV Nuyina” has begun its 24,000 km voyage home to...
The remote-controlled diving robot “Falcon” is released for a dive. (Photo: Centropas) As reported by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, a container with a nuclear reactor of the submarine K-19 was found in the Kara Sea. This was said by the head of the...
