An Arctic day in Zurich with NONAM
The Arctic comes to Zurich. NONAM has put together a program around the Far North that should delight Arctic enthusiasts and specialists, adults and children.
The Arctic comes to Zurich. NONAM has put together a program around the Far North that should delight Arctic enthusiasts and specialists, adults and children.
In the new Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship, 17 young people from Alaska, North Canada and Greenland traveled to each other’s countries.
The cooling of relations between the West and Russia is having a major impact on the study of changes in the Arctic, affecting the ability to monitor climate change.
The eroding riverbank is unpredictable, and families are forced to move to other exposed areas to continue their subsistence farming.
The new fisheries bill is making waves in Greenland and the main point of contention concerns the consultation period, considered too short for such an important subject for the island and its inhabitants.
Despite a series of sanctions, the Arctic LNG 2 project has seen the light of day with its first production train operational. However, its performance has fallen short of the original target.
In September, the Admiral Bellinghausen became the first Estonian ship to pass through the legendary sea passage and (approximately) the 160th yacht to complete the voyage.
Why are microplastics found in the polar regions almost exclusively in fibre shape? The latest experiments and simulations provide the answer: fibres can be transported much further in the atmosphere than particles with a different shape.
Oil exploration in the Barents Sea continues, with Norway issuing eight new licenses. While Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth win a legal battle against the state.
An agreement transferring full responsibility to the Government of Nunavut for the management of its territory and resources was signed last Thursday. Between the housing crisis and recruitment difficulties, the challenges posed by this agreement remain great for the region.
Global warming may be disrupting the polar vortex causing cold air outbreaks in southern parts of the world.
It is worrying for our security, Greenland’s foreign minister says. But shooting is only a small part of the job, explains a local expert.
In the past, teachers in remote villages in Greenland had to teach all subjects to all age groups.
Despite the strong seasonal fluctuations in living conditions in the Arctic, the animals living on the seabed of the Arctic Ocean are largely unaffected by the seasons.
A podcast takes us to Kirkenes and immerses us in a town between two borders, marked by war and which, through culture and sport, tries to preserve the friendship between Russians and Norwegians.
The Polar Issues Chair led by Anne Choquet and Brest’s maritime higher education courses looked at the profession of polar guide, at the heart of the controversy surrounding tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Despite increasing criticism of Denmark, the royal family holds a special place in Greenlandic hearts.
The book by Christian Kempf describes one of the least known corners of Greenland, the North East, and combines a wealth of information into a coherent overall picture for polar fans.
Norway has just opened its seabed to mining over an area stretching from Svalbard to Jan Mayen Island.
An unprecedented study reveals the best-ever estimate of the distribution of industrialized fishing. Although the poles are popular fishing grounds for certain species, they are also monitored in very different ways.
For the first time, researchers detected chemicals from sunscreen, perfume, etc. in the snow near Ny Ålesund on Spitsbergen.
A team of Chinese researchers has drawn inspiration from polar bear fur to develop a new aerogel textile fiber.
After decades of disagreement about responsibility for the decaying bases, the Danish government decided to pay for the clean-up.
In Svalbard, freshwater fish benefit from slightly warmer water than usual in the lakes they inhabit, which could be increasingly beneficial for fishing, at least as long as the glaciers remain.