Northwest Passage gains momentum
Not only is shipping traffic increasing in the Russian Arctic, but more and larger ships are also passing through the Northwest Passage.
Not only is shipping traffic increasing in the Russian Arctic, but more and larger ships are also passing through the Northwest Passage.
A new study by a researcher has found that thawing permafrost in Alaska is causing colder water in smaller rivers and streams.
Loss of Arctic sea ice is likely responsible for chaotic spring snowfall conditions in Europe
The Canadian government assesses, in addition to climate change, China’s expansion into the Arctic as problems that will have to be dealt with in the future.
Several avalanches, some of them large, have occurred in and around Longyearbyen and the authorities have not yet given the all-clear.
Indigenous peoples on the Taimyr Peninsula will receive new funding to preserve their culture. 28 different projects in the Russian Arctic benefit from the grants.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice has appointed a new governor for Svalbard, 56-year-old Lars Fause, effective as of July 1, 2021.
For the first time in history, Russia is supplying LNG to Norway at the Hammerfest LNG plant in Melkøya, which opened in 2007 and is operated by Equinor.
The ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be more active than scientists previously believed. Enceladus is one of 82 moons of Saturn discovered to date.
Novatek plans to raise $11 billion for Arctic operations, intending to accelerate the start-up of Arctic LNG2.
The book “Meine Welt schmilzt” by Line Nagell Ylvisäker vividly describes the effects of climate change and has also touched guest author Stefan Leimer.
Arctic Winter Games organizers reported that the next edition will now take place in early 2023. A postponement occurred because of Covid-19.
All stations in Antarctica have one problem, namely fire protection. Once a fire has broken out it is almost impossible to bring it under control.
A fire on the Australian Antarctic supply ship MPV Everest has crippled one of its two engine rooms, in the middle of the ship’s voyage home.
Greenland has voted and put a damper on the previously ruling Siumut party by electing the opposition party as the strongest force.
As soon as the traffic jam at the Suez Canal was over and the last ships could pass through the canal, the discussion about alternatives really started.
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica may soon have reached its tipping point, leading to the unstoppable flow of ice.
A team of Belgian researchers has found new evidence that a large asteroid exploded just above Antarctica’s ice sheet about 430,000 years ago.
The amount of mercury in narwhals’ tusks has increased significantly due to climate change, a new study shows.
At the most easterly point of Siberia, just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, lies the village of Uelen in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
On March 21, 2021, Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent for the winter of 2020/21 at 5.71 million square miles.
Satellite communications company OneWeb has confirmed the successful launch of all 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
A new phenomenon could spread across the skies of the Arctic in the future. Lightnings are relatively rare in the Arctic, but they have tripled in the last decade.
Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter planned to host the 2026 World Cup in Antarctica. This was reported by PADDYPOWER NEWS.