Ways to reduce the footprint of polar research
Reducing the carbon footprint of Antarctic research could be achieved by reducing the speed of ships and international cooperation on logistics.
Reducing the carbon footprint of Antarctic research could be achieved by reducing the speed of ships and international cooperation on logistics.
An insurance dispute forced the postponement of last years leg, but the organisers have new ship that will allow the scientific and artistic voyage to go on
Mike Keen has been kayaking along the coast of western Greenland since late April, supporting two research projects
Rumours going around about the cancelation of this year’s Ice Camp Barneo has led the operator to issue an official statement about the current situation
The Tara Ocean Foundation has announced the launch of the construction of its future polar station, a project it has been considering for at least 8 years.
Two young Danish men attempt a world record by crossing the Greenland ice sheet by bicycle.
While we are struggling to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, Norwegian scientists have just discovered a new natural source of methane that diffuses from the Arctic Ocean’s subsoil.
Austrian polar mountaineer Dr. Christoph Höbenreich has explored the rarely visited mountain region of East Antarctica’s New Swabia on a new expedition.
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.
Extreme environments, such as the poles, would shape a personality type that confronts rather than avoids hardship.
Viking Expeditions has announced that a giant phantom jellyfish was spotted and photographed during a dive with an on-board submarine.
An international team of researchers has discovered five meteorites in Antarctica, including one that is among the largest, weighing 7.6 kilograms.
British polar adventurer Captain Preet Chandi set a new world record during her Antarctic expedition, but now has to break off the expedition.
This year, there are more expeditions in Antarctica than at any time in the last ten years.
Captain Harpreet Chandi wants to be the first woman to cross Antarctica on her second expedition – solo and unsupported.
A team of physicians, polar guides and physiologists are studying the metabolic costs of this challenging undertaking during their INSPIRE 22 expedition to the South Pole.
Only a few months after completing the “Arctic World Tour*, Omar Di Felice is ready to cross the southern continent with “Antarctica Unlimited”.
This year, the MOSAiC expedition and the Alfred Wegener Institute were the first scientific institutions to be awarded the prestigious Arctic Circle Prize.
After a construction period of 3½ years at the Admirality shipyard in St. Petersburg, “Severny Polyus” is now in service in the Arctic for the first time.
The ice-breaking self-propelled platform “Severny Polyus” has passed the first sea trials. The unique ship is a new step in polar research.
In honor of Amundsen’s 150th birthday, the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust wants to take young explorers on an expedition to the South Pole.
The first climb in Antarctica was made by physicist Louis Bernacchi and Carsten Borchgrevink at Cape Adare in Victoria Land in April 1899.
No longer directly on the continent of Antarctica, the ice-armored mountains of the subpolar islands must not be forgotten.
There are mountain trips that are unlike any other. In search of the most remote mountains on our planet, one inevitably comes to Antarctica at some point.