Avian flu detected in Adélie penguins in Antarctica
Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu.
Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu.
He’s back! Having returned from Antarctica, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi talks about new insights into snowpack structure.
The unprecedented long-term project Ocean Warrior is in the midst of final preparations making great progress.
Last Thursday and Friday, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Polar Symposium took place in the century-old Oceanographic Museum, between the Palais princier and the Mediterranean, bringing together scientists and experts, advocacy officers and directors of organizations, representatives of indigenous peoples and heads of state.
A moldy building in Nuuk and a desire to perform for the country’s remote settlements are behind the decision.
The French Navy’s Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM) has just returned from Antarctica. After 20 years’ absence from the region, it carried out its second consecutive survey of the seabed in uncharted areas around Dumont d’Urville.
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.
An operation to deliver supplies and transfer polar researchers to the “North Pole-41” drift station was successfully carried out in the Arctic Ocean.
To monitor the melting of the Antarctic and its effects on the balance of the Southern Ocean, a Spanish-Canadian association is installing a measuring point next to the Spanish Juan Carlos I base. It transmits data by satellite from the Antarctic Peninsula.
SLF technician Matthias Jaggi reports on his expedition to Antarctica. Part one: the arrival.
One of the most prolific cities for studying the Arctic regions is going from strength to strength, with the Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) attracting more and more international scientists to study the carbon cycle in the polar regions.
Biologist Christian Rixen writes about last summer’s expedition to Greenland in the footsteps of historic botanists – and climate change.
A book about a major scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean, a well-illustrated groundbreaking experience in the study of the ocean, ice and climate of the polar regions, aimed at a wide audience.
There are few animals that trigger such strong emotions as whales. Whales inspire – but whales also stir up emotions when it comes to whaling. And what happens after their death is explained here.
The two ten-day Foundation Expeditions of the Ocean Warrior project in September led to the northeast of Svalbard and were successful in every aspect.
I’ve just spent 17 days (counting the days above the Arctic Circle) in Greenland, accompanying the “Greenlandia” expedition which, under the direction of Vincent Hilaire, aims to follow the evolution of the small village of Ittoqqortoormiit (the most isolated in East Greenland).
The Que Sera has been hired by Pacifique, a Geneva-based foundation that combines science, education and art on board its sailing ships. They have just crossed the Canadian Arctic, with its tortuous inlets, ice and gales.
Designers draw inspiration from sea ice patterns collected during the MOSAiC expedition to create clothes presented at New York Fashion Week.
SLF technician Matthias Jaggi will spend the festive season in Antarctica. The luggage for his long expedition is travelling ahead of him.
The Arctic is warming, and fine particles of sea salt aerosols produced in blizzard conditions or blowing snow are a contributing factor, according to a recently published study.
An incident that is so far benign is challenging the Danish rescue system in eastern Greenland, a classic navigational error in poorly hydrographed areas.
The first of two “Foundation Expeditions” of the Ocean Warrior project started last Friday in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
The Fondation Pacifique takes young scientists on board to explore the Northwest Passage, starting in the North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Greenland, then along the west coast of Kalaallit Nunaat.
Reports emerged on July 25 that the research vessel “Mikhail Somov” ran aground near the Franz Josef Land archipelago. Apparently, there is no danger of fuel leakage.