The ‘Quest’ is complete
The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, the Quest, has been found in the Labrador Sea. And the good news is that, with the exception of a broken mast, the wreck appears to be intact.
U.S. National Strategy Reinforces Commitment on Antarctic Treaty System
On May 17, 2024, the White House issued a National Security Memorandum on United States Policy in the Antarctic Region.
Campbell Island overwintering soundtrack
Two friends set meteorologist Peter Fisher’s personal overwintering experience to music with the album Life on Sub-Antarctic Cambell Island – The Weather Station Years.
Caroline Mikkelsen – the first lady in Antarctica?
Caroline Mikkelsen was probably the first woman on the Antarctic mainland. But actually only by chance.
Was a deckhand during Antarctic shipwreck: 30 years later he helped replace it
Rasmus Nygaard was aboard the MV Nella Dan when it ran aground by Macquarie Island in 1987.
Scientists in Utqiagvik help whale hunters get safely across sea ice
Every spring, scientists in Arctic Alaska map safe routes across the ice so local hunters can uphold a thousand-year-old tradition.
British buyer wanted for Shackleton Medal
The British government believes that Shackleton’s Polar Medal is his last that is still in the UK and fears that it may be sold abroad.
The diplomat and the bird, a polar fable
A contemporary French diplomat, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor projects himself into the year 2048, when the Antarctic Treaty expires, the balance of power shifts towards mining or maintaining the embargo, and it becomes possible to communicate with birds.
Should Greenland leave the Danish parliament?
Critics say that Greenland’s two mandatory seats in Denmark’s Folketing create confusion and undermine the Greenland government.
Kerguelen, in Australia’s anxious sights
A study published in the Australian Journal of Politics and History dusts off an old Australian concern about the Kerguelen archipelago, a French possession since 1893, when England and France were still rivals.
The polar bear, a worn icon in need of restoration
The polar bear outlines and fills the Arctic with its wanderings, to the point of touching the imagination of human beings, who live close to them. Its image is sometimes used for more or less noble purposes. In his essay in French, Rémy Marion attempts to restore the “ice wanderer’s” natural gait.
The Czech scientists who convinced their government to go to Antarctica
The Mendel Polar Station was opened after wishes from scientists but has since become important for national interest. Czechia, the newest member of the Antarctic community, has its own reasons for conducting polar research.
Abandoned American WW2 bases are slowly being removed from Greenland
After decades of disagreement about responsibility for the decaying bases, the Danish government decided to pay for the clean-up.
Easier cohabitation with Crozet’s animals
Work to modify the coastal facilities at the Alfred-Faure base in Crozet was completed last month, before the breeding season, to give the penguins more space and freedom to roam in this territory recognized by Unesco for the quality of its landscape.
TOM CREAN – Irish hero of Antarctica
The history of Antarctic exploration, which continues to fascinate generations, should not be written or remembered without acknowledging the significant role played by Tom Crean.
Searching for the origin of the dog sled
The mystery of the arrival of dog sleds in Greenland is set to be solved by Emma Vitale who, in a recently published study, has defined a methodology to improve the interpretation of items found during archaeological digs linked to this mode of transport.
A map to identify the names of Arctic Indigenous places
An inventory of place-name projects is now available online as an interactive map. A tool that can be useful to both the scientific world and indigenous communities.
The Franklin expedition at auction
A series of portraits of the Franklin expedition officers are up for auction. The collection of daguerreotypes, thought to have been lost, is estimated at over £150,000.
Chile, Antarctica and the new constitution
As part of Chile’s constitutional reform and the second phase of drafting a new constitution, the U-Antarctica group of university experts has formulated an amendment on the status of Antarctica.
First strategy for Antarctic French Territories’ historical heritage
A new strategy at the prefecture of the Southern and Antarctic French Territories (TAAF) continues a promising dynamic for France’s polar heritage, which is growing with new objects and documents.
Was researching sediment transport – ended up getting cheap electricity for all of Greenland
In the 1970s, the geographer Bent Hasholt wanted to conduct research that mattered to society – so he started calculating rainfall in his free time.
With Alaska’s maritime heritage at risk of being lost, program seeks to preserve it
Alaska Maritime Heritage Preservation Program is open to funding projects by museums, others
The Southern Games: sport and cohesion between the Southern Ocean and Antarctica
This year’s Southern Games celebrate 7 years of revival, bringing joy and a sense of community to the French scientific stations around Antarctica and on the continent, with the Amsterdam Island Division emerging victorious.
Drawing lessons – using a new language to describe Greenland’s past
Drawing workshops in Greenland are allowing people to tell their own story to historians. The result is a more detailed picture of the past
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