“Here’s looking at you, kid”. Reindeer have an excellent sense of sight and a wide field of vision. Two researchers now show how the animals can see in the bright polar days and dark polar nights. Image: Michael Wenger “The eyes are the mirror...
The 2,400 inhabitants of Longyearbyen and the thousands of tourists depend on regular flights to get to the Norwegian mainland quickly. But for a week now, almost nothing has been possible due to a pilots’ strike at SAS. Image: Michael Wenger Svalbard has in...
Rosneft has a majority stake in 28 offshore licenses in the Arctic, eight of which are located in the Pechora Sea. (Photo: Rosneft) Russian energy giant Rosneft announced the discovery of a huge oil deposit in the Pechora Sea. The new oil field is estimated to contain...
Footage taken by Polish researchers of a female polar bear successfully hunting a reindeer on Svalbard generated a great deal of interest among their Norwegian colleagues. They are now calling for public assistance. Video: Mateusz Gruszka CC BY 4.0 A common question...
The Falkland Islands stamp set depicts Shackleton from youth to his death in Grytviken. (Image: British Pobjoy Mint) The British Antarctic Territory, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have joined together to commemorate the 100th...