Glaciers worldwide in retreat
The melting of glaciers worldwide and especially in the polar regions has accelerated massively, as a study with the participation of ETH Zurich and WSL shows.
The melting of glaciers worldwide and especially in the polar regions has accelerated massively, as a study with the participation of ETH Zurich and WSL shows.
The EU, in cooperation with the US, New Zealand and a number of other countries, has decided to step up its efforts to create marine protected areas in Antarctica.
We at PolarJournal are pleased to present special expedition cruises to the polar regions together with information about each region on our new website.
The governor of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region believes that flights from Khatanga to the North Pole is a great opportunity for the region to promote tourism.
A team of MIT engineers has developed a navigation method for autonomous vehicles that allows them to navigate accurately in the Arctic Ocean without GPS.
The Norwegian government is supporting 13 tourism companies on Svalbard with a large aid package to cushion the COVID measures through realignments.
Researchers have refined and presented the method of glacier crevasses under snow with the help of satellite imagery.
The US is trying to counter Russian actions in the Arctic. The Defense Department is concerned about Russia’s expansion in the region.
Arctic deep-sea sponges are not animals stuck to the seafloor, but can probably actively move around, a little biological sensation.
Rapid climate change is apparently having an effect on the tilt of the Earth’s axis, a new study by Chinese researchers shows.
A team of specialists has been defusing munitions and other remains from the Falklands War on South Georgia.
The conquest of the North Pole was highly contested in the 1920s. Arguments, insults and mishaps were part of the daily routine.
Technicians and IT experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed an app that makes working on the sea ice much easier for polar researchers. It passed the acid test during the MOSAiC expedition.
A detailed study of the Australian research station Macquarie Island has shown that the renovation of the station represents best value for money.
The record melt of the Greenland ice sheet in 2012 continues to have an impact on the stability of the ice sheet today.
This year’s Arctic Council meeting could also be a simultaneous US-Russian summit, as both foreign ministers will be attending.
A total of 33 new cases of COVID have emerged in Nunavut’s capital Iqaluit and in the community of Kinngait in just under a week.
For the first time, an underwater robot has been used to collect data under the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, with surprising findings.
The wintering team at Japan’s Showa Station made an extraordinary discovery near the station in September 2020.
More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial material rain down on Earth every year, according to research results from Antarctica.
Rainfall could increase in amount, frequency and intensity over the next 80 years along the coast of Antarctica, a new study predicts.
The German extreme athlete Anja Blacha was the first woman to reach the South Pole solo, unassisted and unsupported, and showed that polar expeditions are not the domain of men alone.
The most sustainable and fish-friendly onshore salmon farming facility is to be built in northern Norway. Stefan Leimer took a look at it for us.
The 2020/21 Antarctic campaign has been successfully completed following the arrival of the icebreaker ARA “Almirante Irízar” in the port of Buenos Aires.