Russian coal production in Svalbard will be reduced by two-thirds to 40,000 tonnes per year by 2032 (Photo: Arktikugol) After acquiring the rights to mine coal on Spitsbergen more than a century ago, Russia says it will reduce coal production to the minimum needed to...
Few would doubt the bravery of Aeneas Mackintosh. Had his luck been better, the British sailor and explorer might have been remembered as one of the greats of Antarctic exploration Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh was born on 1 July 1879, in Tirhut, Bihar, India. He was...
The Ivan Frolov will be the fourth ship in the fleet of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and will facilitate research projects on the high seas. It will also transport staff and equipment to Arctic and Antarctic stations (Photo: Roshydromet) The ship is...
The wind turbines will be part of a comprehensive renovation plan for Scott Base (Photo: Antarctica New Zealand) In Antarctica, fuel is expensive, since it has to be transported halfway around the world from to the bases countries have set up there. Some research...
A heatwave in the Arctic in the summer of 2019 resulted in a record 444 billion tons of ice being lost from Greenland (Photo: ESA) Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased five-fold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise,...
