New nuclear-powered offshore icebreaker unveiled
At the exhibition and conference on shipbuilding in St. Petersburg, Iceberg Central Design Bureau presented the project of a multifunctional offshore icebreaker.
Large Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Disintegrate Faster
The Pine Island Ice Shelf is likely to dissolve much faster than previously thought due to massive calving, a new BAS study shows.
Starlink has upgraded the Antarctic’s internet
McMurdo Station will now be able to offer not-quite-high-speed internet
Greenland’s tourism shows its potential and plans to keep learning
Greenland wants to learn even more from its neighbors Iceland and the Faroe Islands at the largest tourism fair in the North Atlantic in order to present itself as an attractive destination.
Chinese company clones first Arctic wolf
A Chinese company specializing in cloning pets succeeded in cloning an Arctic wolf for the first time.
Shy wandering albatrosses are divorced more often
On the sub-Antarctic Crozet Archipelago, boldly performing wandering albatross males get farther and are less divorced than shy males.
Alaska dinosaur fossils hint at a wetter, wilder future
Pre-historic Alaska appears to have experienced seasonal floods capable of overwhelming a grown dinosaur
Satellite images show individual seals and polar bear tracks
Using satellite imagery and drone imagery, researchers can develop a program that automatically detects seals on satellite images and counts them.
DAP plans more than 150 flights to Antarctica
Chilean airline DAP, based in Punta Arenas, has announced its flight schedule to Antarctica for the coming austral summer.
Greenland considers a time-zone change
Increasingly independent Greenland wants to move closer to Denmark, if only temporally
PTGA wants to ensure quality standards for polar guides
The Polar Tourism Guide Association wants to ensure a minimum standard for polar guides and thus make the profession more professional.
Swiss researchers obtain Southern Ocean data from racing yacht
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are such a vast and remote area that it is difficult for scientists to obtain accurate real-time data over a wide area and from a wide variety of corners. Therefore, research teams sometimes have to take unusual paths to obtain such valuable data. Groups from ETH Zurich and the Universities […]
Giant viruses infect cyanobacteria in Arctic epishelf lake
An Arctic freshwater lake between glacial ice and seawater hosts a unique community of organisms – but for how much longer? Climate change threatens the lake.
USA’s NSF combines AAW and Polar Educators to make STEAM
One of America’s leading sources of science funding is putting artists and teachers where the sun doesn’t shine (for half of the year)
Molodyozhnaya Station – Cuba in Antarctica
Cuba is not exactly known for doing polar research. In the meantime, it has been over 40 years since the first Cubans set foot in Antarctica.
New research vessel for US Antarctic program
The U.S. Antarctic Program is in need of a new research vessel and is now waiting for the green light for the funding of the project.
Canada counts its Arctic seaweed before it changes
Global warming won’t mean the end of algae in Canada’s Arctic, but it will change the species found there
Full House at the Gateway to Antarctica
Authorities in Ushuaia expect around 500 calls of vessels in the Argentine port city during the upcoming Antarctic season. But not all of them continue south.
Albatross – Detectives wanted
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and RSPB recruit albatross detectives to help find migratory albatrosses in satellite imagery from space.
Political tensions lead to “gaps” in scientific data in the Arctic region
The Arctic is changing its status as a low tension area. This also has a severe impact on scientific collaborations among nations and could lead to a big gap in valuable scientific data, says Dr. Ekaterina Uryupova, expert Senior Research Fellow at The Arctic Institute.
Alaskans will receive a record oil cheque
The state’s governor is looking to make sure that future payments are not political calculations
Communication competition for PhD students as a TV show in Greenland
Arctic Hub and the University of Greenland search for the best communicator among future researchers in Greenland via TV competition
Antarctic technology named after Greek goddess
The Australian Antarctic Division will deploy three high-tech automated weather stations with cameras and satellite communications in East Antarctica and Subantarctica.
Thwaites glacier is a growing concern
A new study suggests that the glacier could retreat even faster in the future, with massive consequences for global sea levels.
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