Study leader Michelle Shero next to Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound. (Photo: Skyla Walcott) At the US Antarctic Station McMurdo, 67 research projects were canceled or cut back as the US Antarctic Program faces logistical challenges. One of the main reasons is a housing...
Dismantling of the EDEN ISS greenhouse for the journey home to the DLR site in Bremen. (Photo: DLR) The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) EDEN ISS Antarctic greenhouse is back in Bremen after spending five years on the seventh...
Only one whaling company remains in Iceland, Hvalur hf. It resumed, paused, and now resumes whaling activities in 2022 after a hiatus from 2019 to 2021. But is 2024 finally the end of the line? (Photo: Sergei Gapon) Despite whaling being allowed again: the rising...
In the future, more Russian aircraft, like UTair’s Antonov AN-74, may soon be seen in Longyearbyen. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) The first charter flight with tourists from Russia to Spitsbergen is scheduled to take off in April 2024. Moscow or Murmansk are mentioned...
Traffic in the Northeast Passage is to be massively increased in the coming years. However, the necessary vessels are still lacking. The head of the Ministry for Far Eastern Development, Aleksey Chekunkov, in an interview with the news portal RBC on the eve of the...
