Research from a kayak: expedition to western Greenland
Mike Keen has been kayaking along the coast of western Greenland since late April, supporting two research projects
Mike Keen has been kayaking along the coast of western Greenland since late April, supporting two research projects
Dutch wind turbine manufacturer EWT and Antarctica New Zealand are looking to install three 1MW turbines with 40-meter hub heights on Ross Island
Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased five-fold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise, according to the European Space Agency
Ships are saving time and money by sailing though the Arctic, but increasingly frequent fog due to sea-ice loss is slowing its progress.
Seventy-five million years ago, the Antarctic Peninsula was covered, not by ice, but by forests that often burned
Norse settlers living in Greenland mainly used driftwood to build houses and ships, but some allowed themselves a little luxury in the form of imported wood
Rumours going around about the cancelation of this year’s Ice Camp Barneo has led the operator to issue an official statement about the current situation
Greenland experienced its warmest and wettest September in recorded weather history in 2022, a European Union report published in April finds.
An on-line workshop and a Swiss agreement are two of the latest signs of the research community’s ever increasing interest in conducting research in Greenland
The “Paasisavut” casting show chose the Greenlandic research star for 2023, but in the end the Greenlandic society and research also won.
Antarctica warmed and the rest of the world also felt the effects of massive calving events during the last ice age, only Greenland remained unaffected.
The future of Greenland’s largest airport and its community is still unclear, but there are lights on the horizon.
When we look at the fish larvae drifting in the currents of the Chukchi Sea, the purely arctic species give way to species from the Pacific.
When at sea, elephant seals do deep sleep dives to take a nap and get no more than about two hours of sleep per day.
The management of the sites where the two shipwrecks “Erebus” and “Terror” are located will be undertaken and controlled by the Inuit in the region.
In the terrestrial troughs of Kerguelen, watered by the numerous atmospheric lows, 6 species of aquatic plants benefit from the nutrients brought to the island by marine animals.
In April, an international research team “rescued” about 300 years of climate history from a glacier on Svalbard.
The Arctic algae Melosira arctica accumulates microplastic within itself and transports it to the deep sea, where it enters the Arctic food web, an AWI study shows.
A newly developed ten-point proposal, the “Berlin Statement,” provides a framework for how the problem of chemical pollutants in polar regions should be addressed.
Iron is an extremely important element that turns our blood red and keeps the immune system in shape. But not only humans need iron, the ocean needs it too.
The Tara Ocean Foundation has announced the launch of the construction of its future polar station, a project it has been considering for at least 8 years.
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources determines the number of polar bears in East Greenland for the first time.
A Russian international scientific station could be developed in Svalbard.
Two young Danish men attempt a world record by crossing the Greenland ice sheet by bicycle.