The images of a polar bear accompanied by her cubs are always among the most touching. The task of caring for their offspring, however, is not an easy one for these animals whose habitat is undergoing drastic change. Image: KT Miller / Polar Bears International Due to...
Tundra and taiga landscapes, numerous lakes and birch and coniferous forests, cold winters (down to -40°C) lasting from mid-October until May. With global warming, however, the face of Lapland is expected to change in the coming decades, according to the Finnish...
Pond Inlet, from its Inuit name ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ (Mittimatalik) translates as “landing place”. Its original name is a reference to a rock from which gulls came and went when fishing. The place was renamed in 1818 by the Scottish explorer John Ross in honor of John Pond, an...
After a start marked by the resignation of two members of Naalakkersuisut (Greenland government) and the replacement of the president of Inatsisartut (Parliament), events which caused a lot of turmoil, the Parliament began its work. Image: Robert Thomsen Last week the...
Isfjord Radio is located at Kapp Linné, at the south-western tip of Isfjorden, 50 km as a crow flies from Longyearbyen. Once used for maritime traffic, Isfjord Radio now serves as a base camp for tourists from Longyearbyen. Like the rest of the archipelago, the site...
