Fin whales winter off Svalbard
Climate change is making the waters west of Svalbard more attractive to the large baleen whales.
Climate change is making the waters west of Svalbard more attractive to the large baleen whales.
Anyone who wants to travel to and around Svalbard by sailing yacht should take a look at Jon Amtrup’s handbook, as it covers everything one needs to know for an icy sailing trip.
Ship noise, seismic exploration, deep-sea mining, and sonar affect the development, health, and behavior of marine invertebrates.
The famous French polar and glaciologist Claude Lorius died last Tuesday at the age of 91 in Burgundy, France.
Never observed before in this region of Antarctica, a massive decline in reproduction strikes birds that gather in colonies of hundreds of thousands of pairs.
Frequent, smaller breakoffs and an increase in flow velocity were signs of Larsen-B collapse, according to a new study.
Although there is no Greenlandic flag flying in front of the Nato headquarters, Nuuk and Copenhagen have agreed on a representative where all sides will benefit in the end.
Researchers who are leading or starting a career in science and who are linked to the Arctic or Antarctic, meet in Paris in early May.
Sled dogs have bitten to death a six-year-old boy in the West Greenland town of Aasiaat. The dogs had been chained at the city’s ski club, he said.
Krill is one of the key species of the sensitive Antarctic ecosystem. The small crustaceans form over 90% of the main food source for whales, penguins and seals living there.
UNESCO World Heritage or economic development or a compromise solution, these are the options in the dispute over the status of the world-famous ice fjord in Ilulissat.
The shooting of Mission Impossible 8 will not implement its initial plan, it does not meet the environmental legislation of Svalbard.
The marine food web around the Falkland Islands is controlled by only a few species.
Climate scientists point to the deficit in understanding climate drift.
The government in Greenland has revised its regulations for dealing with polar bears and published new regulations that are intended to be more responsive to the needs of all stakeholders.
The Biden administration is committing a difficult balancing act by OKing a huge petroleum project in Alaska while simultaneously establishing Arctic protected areas.
The French Southern and Antarctic Territories lacked a multi-purpose vessel to unload equipment, men and women and which could adapt to the specificities of each archipelago.
According to a study, PFASs are transported from the Eurasian region to Svalbard, where they are deposited in ice and snow, threatening the archipelago’s fjord systems.
The polar fox transmits rabies to dogs through bites and Canada’s native population is unaware of the risks, notes a study by veterinarians.
Russia plans to offer its own form of Arctic tourism in the Northeast Passage starting next summer, relying on old icebreakers and new tourists, especially from China.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is on the advance southward and not far from Antarctica.
The famous “Polar plunge” in the Arctic and Antarctic waters is good for your health, it is said. But is that true? Mirjana Binggeli does some background checking if immersing into the cold waters really is healthy or not.
Nuna GIS offers an original perspective to the development of Greenland through which companies and municipalities can work remotely and individuals can plan outings or transcribe their folklore.
For the first time, the rather violent mating behavior of beluga whales could be observed and documented.