Mercator shaped the view on the world and the Arctic
The work of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator helped to shape the view on the world and also influenced the view on the Arctic region for many centuries and many famous Arctic explorers.
The work of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator helped to shape the view on the world and also influenced the view on the Arctic region for many centuries and many famous Arctic explorers.
The director of the German Naval Observatory Georg von Neumayer was the initiator of German Arctic research. In October 1899, he was able to present the project of a South Pole expedition.
“The Antarctic Sun” is a U.S. online platform with news about the ice and people of Antarctica, and reports on National Science Foundation research.
More than 50 years ago, the former Soviet Union released gigantic crabs in the Barents Sea to help local fishermen, interfering massively with the ecosystem.
Cuba is not exactly known for doing polar research. In the meantime, it has been over 40 years since the first Cubans set foot in Antarctica.
The year 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the Australian government’s Antarctic research program. It all started in 1947 with the founding of the “Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions”.
Carl Anton Larsen was a Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer. In 1904 he founded the village of Grytviken. This marked the beginning of the industrialization of whaling in the southern Atlantic.
This newly published book about U.S. Antarctic pioneer Edith “Jackie” Ronne excitingly expands on the influence of women on Antarctic history using her as a prime example.
On remote Horseshoe Island near the Antarctic Peninsula stands the former British research station Base Y. It will now be opened as a museum for tourists.
Research plans include mapping and assessing the current site conditions of the HMS “Erebus” and HMS “Terror” wrecks
James Weddell was used to tricky situations. As captain of a sealing ship in areas that were still largely unexplored, it was all in a day’s work for him.
Parmijt Singh Sehra, the first Indian to overwinter in Antarctica and to circumnavigate it, also gave the ignition for the later Indian Antarctic research program.
August Heinrich Petermann was a German cartographer of great importance. His claim that the North Pole was an ice-free ocean was a big mistake.
The South Georgia Museum on the island of the same name in the South Atlantic is celebrating its 30th anniversary and is issuing a new stamp series to mark the occasion.
In early February, the “Endurance22” expedition departs from Cape Town in a renewed attempt to locate and investigate the wreckage of the lost ship.
Rosatom has announced the date for the recovery of the submarine K-159 to 2030. At the same time, the wreck of the K-27 is to be recovered from the Kara Sea.
Six expedition members left for Antarctica on December 3, 2021. The goal is to further restore the historic Mawson cabin.
Captain George DeLong and his brave men will finally conquer the North Pole and they will also prove that the North Pole is an open, warm sea.
The Polish Antarctic station AB Dobrowolski, abandoned 40 years ago, is to be reactivated.
Louise Arner Boyd was an American polar and Greenland explorer. Between 1931 and 1941 she undertook several research trips to Greenland.
The Danish Film Institute has been digitizing historical films about Greenland for years, which are freely available online.
We always want to pick up on exciting stories. Not always we can report about pleasant things, like the story about whaling in the last century
More than 9,000 tons of waste still need to be removed from the territory of the Russian Arctic National Park which is mainly located on Franz Josef Land.
Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen was a polar explorer whose achievements remained unrecognized until after his death. Today Johansen is counted among Norway’s most important polar explorers.