This week, we share a video of an all-black king penguin. We also look at a bleak prediction for the future of Arctic ice-coverage, but a good piece of news for the Arctic seafloor.
With Christmas just around the corner, Polar Journal AG has put together a selection of the best polar books. Enough to fill Santa’s sack or to offer yourself a moment of escape.
With the proliferation of AI-generated videos on the internet, a false and stereotypical image of the polar world is spreading, with the risk of replacing the discourse of polar experts.
Two penguins that went astray thousands of miles and wandering albatrosses that are less wind-loving than assumed show how Antarctic birds are moving their boundaries.
Polar bears and Arctic animals in general and elephant seals subantarctic islands are increasingly threatened by pathogens due to substantial environmental changes also induced by humans.
Aleš Česen is a celebrated mountaineer but stresses that no special training is required to work in Antarctica.
A recently published study shows that the Antarctic Peninsula has undergone significant greening over the last four decades. This trend is set to continue, with consequences for the local ecosystem.
The Polar Retrospective looks at stories of the past week that are related to the Arctic and Antarctic and focuses on one or more aspects. This week will look at the start of the Antarctic tourism season along the Antarctic peninsula and the outlook that the Argentinian and Chilean gateways had presented over the last […]
The attraction and curiosity about whales can be mutual if all the conditions are met. But when economic attraction and a lack of regulation combine, the whale-watching industry can turn into a hunt that is disrespectful of the sensibilities of these marine mammals.
The workings of the Antarctic Treaty system have tended to seize up around environmental issues in recent years. But the causes of disagreements between the Consultative Parties – which cannot easily reach consensus – may lie elsewhere, outside the Treaty’s jurisdiction, as analyzed by Anaïs Rémont, a doctoral student in geopolitics and international law.
For more than 20 years, Julius Fabbri has tried to gain international recognition of a time 49 years ago when Italy built a secret base in Antarctica.
France’s ambassador for the poles and oceans, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, talks about the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences proclaimed by the UN in mid-August and the progress of France’s Polar Strategy.
A new study of Thwaites Glacier’s susceptibility to what’s known as marine ice cliff instability offers some hope, according to a new study. But it doesn’t mean Thwaites is stable.
The remote icy wilderness at the bottom of the world is exposed to pollution and foreign organisms on floating ocean debris.
Antarctic Rights is an international initiative that advocates the extension of rights to all living beings in order to improve the functioning of the Antarctic Treaty and environmental protection. Two experts provide background to the initiative and explain its implications. Interview.
Thanks to the observation of a courtship ritual, we now know more about the sexual behaviour of the mysterious leopard seal. A mating process based on vocalizations that takes place far from the Antarctic ice.
From recent publications to favorites, the editors of Polar Journal AG have put together a selection of books to accompany you over the summer break.
Near mountain ranges, multi-millennia-old ice resurgences are home to active ecosystems never before recorded.
A team of Australian scientists has established a link between the pink beaches of southern Australia and the Great White Continent, and in the process has discovered a previously undiscovered Antarctic mountain belt.
The app allows ship management to track and reduce motion sickness in real-time.
The growth of tourism in Antarctica is not without concern for the Treaty’s Consultative Parties. In a press release issued at the end of the Kochi meetings, its Secretariat announced its intention to provide a better framework for this activity. But views still differ widely.
Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?
Like Leonardo da Vinci in his day, Danish physicists at Roskilde University are interested in animal proportions.
The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, the Quest, has been found in the Labrador Sea. And the good news is that, with the exception of a broken mast, the wreck appears to be intact.
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