The last expedition to protect the isolated Antarctic huts at Cape Denison took place in 2015. Expedition members will work to remove ice and snow that settled in the old cabins. (Photo: David Killick) On December 3, 2021, six expedition members left for Antarctica...
At Baltic Shipyard, in St. Petersburg, the five icebreakers of Project 2220 are being built. However, this is unlikely to be enough. Experts are calling for two more ships of this class. (Photo: Anton Haas St. Petersburg) In order to ensure regular year-round...
It took Norwegian Robert Johansen five and a half years to obtain a licence to brew beer on Spitsbergen. (Photo: Svalbard Bryggeri) The Svalbard archipelago is an Arctic wilderness and lies pretty much halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole. Despite...
Chinese researchers bid farewell as the research icebreaker “Xue Long” departs for the 38th Antarctic expedition in Shanghai. (Photo: Polar Research Institute of China) “Xue Long 2”, China’s first Chinese-built polar icebreaker, set off...
It should be quiet in the future, as it has been so far, at Davis Station in Australia. (Photo: AAD) Australia has abandoned plans to build a 2,700m concrete runway near its Davis research station on the coast of Antarctica. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s...
