by Heiner Kubny | Feb 3, 2021 | Science, Science
In this image taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on 14 July 2015, in which Pluto is illuminated from behind, the bluish haze around the dwarf planet is visible. Scientists suspect Pluto may have particles of frozen organic matter in its atmosphere. (Photo: NASA,...
by Heiner Kubny | Feb 2, 2021 | Archive, Art, Culture
The new marble carvings greet visitors at “Qaumajuk”, WAG’s Inuit Art Centre. The Tuniigusiia sculpture is meant to represent how knowledge is passed on through education and storytelling, and the important role teachers play in the Inuit...
by Heiner Kubny | Feb 2, 2021 | Archive, Arctic, Arctic, Politics, Tourism
Barneo is an annual Arctic research camp operated by the Russian Geographical Society. It has been set up on the pack ice near the geographic North Pole for a month each year from late March or early April since 2002. (Photo: Camp Barneo) What does it look like at the...
by Heiner Kubny | Feb 2, 2021 | Archive, Economy, Science, technology, traffic
The Lufthansa A350 aircraft “Braunschweig” is pushed back from the gate in Hamburg and then taxied to the take-off for the record flight: (Photo: Lufthansa) Record flight for Lufthansa: After 15 hours 36 minutes and 13,600 kilometres, an Airbus A350-900...
by Heiner Kubny | Feb 2, 2021 | Animals, Antarctic animals, Archive, Science, Science
Gentoo penguins often travel long distances to their nests. Occasionally, breeding sites are located high above the water in hilly terrain. (Image: Rosamaria Kubny) Halfway between the Argentine coast and the Antarctic Peninsula, the waters around South Georgia Island...
