Freddie Mercury in Antarctica
With wit and humor the contribution of the Concordia crew at the Antarctica Film Festival went down best with the jury and so the ‘Concordians’ cleared everything in the category ‘Open’ right away.
New chart: The seafloor of the Southern Ocean
New bathymetric chart shows the seafloor of the Southern Ocean in unprecedented detail
New Antarctic map with even more details
The Australian Antarctic Division has published a new map of Antarctica with more functionality and numerous new details.
Are “Pizzlies” and “Grolars” the better polar bears?
Here, following our article on “Pizzlies,” you will find additional information on bear hybrids, which are the result of interbreeding between polar bears and grizzlies, and what this means for polar bears.
What’s going on for the 2020/21 Antarctic season?
Due to the COVID pandemic, many operators have cancelled their Antarctic season, while others are waiting. We offer an overview.
Misconfiguration as a boon for the environment
A new oil binder, the invention of a German company, could make the oil industry cleaner and at the same time protect the environment.
The Pleistocene Park
We introduce you to Grant Slater’s video about pleistocene park and the idea behind it.
Australia’s new airfield in Antarctica
Here you can find background and information about Australia’s megaproject in Antarctica: Davis Aerodrome Project
Information on invasive species in Antarctica
The details of the study by Hughes et al. (2020) as in the paper “Study lists possible invasive species in Antarctica”
Arctic sea ice 2019
A video about the Arctic sea ice 2019 and the view of the approaching winter 19/20.
Krill – The King of the Southern Ocean?
The importance of krill in the Earth’s carbon cycle is probably greater than previously thought.
Arctic Circle Assembly 2019
Summaries of each day at the largest meeting of Arctic stakeholders
The Magic of the Northern Lights
Links to predictive maps for Northern Lights.
Arctic Sea ice 2019
The video from NASA’s Goddard Space Center shows this year’s course of sea ice expansion in the Arctic. At 4.15 million square kilometers, 18 September 2019 was the second lowest since records began in 1979. Only 2012 was an even worse ice year in the...Scotland’s new Arctic strategy
The Scottish Government has unveiled its new plans to expand cooperation with Arctic states and regions. Here you can read the document as pdf in the original.
May we present: The BEYOND EPICA drill
BEYOND EPICA is the abbreviation for the BEYOND EUROPEAN PROJECT FOR ICE CORING IN ANTARCTICA. This is a drilling project in Antarctica funded by the EU and supported by the USA and Australia. The goal: to obtain a 2.75-kilometre-long ice core that archives the climate history of the past 1.5 million years. The project officially […]
Revenues from expedition guests are substantial for Svalbard
The comparative study Expedition and Normal Cruise and its economic contribution on Svalbard.
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