Walrus visits Ireland before St. Patrick’s Day
A walrus that turned up on the Irish coast just before Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day, has caused a big media stir.
A walrus that turned up on the Irish coast just before Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day, has caused a big media stir.
Russia is considering using prisoners to help clean up the Arctic after a massive diesel spill hit the area around the city of Norilsk last year.
Well-preserved plant remains from ice cores at Camp Century show that the Greenland ice sheet is much more sensitive to warming than previously thought.
It’s not every day that one has a reason to celebrate, but the March 11, 2021 launch of Oceanwide Expeditions’ new ship certainly is.
Authorities report increased die-offs of yellow-eyed penguins and a decline in little penguins in parts of New Zealand.
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the fine of 1.62 billion euros will be used to improve the ecology of the region.
A Sysselman-imposed closure of several fjord areas on Svalbard has drawn fierce criticism from local tour operators and residents.
The geology and connection of Antarctica with its ancient neighbouring continents have been measured more precisely than ever before with the help of satellites.
Fairbanks is home to the Ice Art Championships, one of the largest ice sculpture competitions and exhibitions in the world. These take place in February and March.
At 40 years of age, a giant petrel found in New Zealand is believed to be the oldest member of its species.
It is the end of a 30-year era for the British supply ship and icebreaker RRS “James Clark Ross”, which is on its last tour.
An unspecified number of tourists have to be quarantined in Svalbard because they have been in contact with a COVID infected person.
The “Davis” station is the southernmost Australian research station in Antarctica and is getting older. It is now to be renewed.
The 2021 Arctic tourism season is facing major challenges and operators are organizing their plans accordingly.
The passage of the Northeast Passage in winter does not yet seem to be without problems. The “Nikolay Yevgenov” has suffered damage at the Azipod.
The Chinese People’s Congress in Beijing decided on March 5, 2021 to participate in the construction of a “Polar Silk Road”.
January marked the anniversary of the death of Dr. Xavier Mertz. He was the first Swiss to set foot to Antarctica. The crew member of the 1911-1914 expedition met a bad end in the perpetual ice.
Just a few kilometres from McMurdo are the Dry Valleys. Hidden in the very back of Taylor Valley is another spectacular natural wonder, Blood Falls.
Due to climate change, temperatures are also rising in Greenland. The country is facing great changes. Residents dream of flourishing gardens and farms.
Albatrosses and petrels spend a lot of time at sea and need more protection there, especially from the effects of international fishing.
Using a system of multiple stereoscopic cameras, Australian researchers are studying krill swarms in Antarctica.
The local government of Semersooq, which includes the Greenlandic capital Nuuk, places humpback whales under protection in its fjord.
The small town of Nikel, in the far northwest of Russia suffered greatly from air pollution from the local nickel smelter. This has now been closed.
A polar bear attacked and injured a man in the east of the main island of Sptsbergen, and the bear was shot.