The Polar Issues Chair led by Anne Choquet and Brest’s maritime higher education courses looked at the profession of polar guide, at the heart of the controversy surrounding tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic.
An unprecedented study reveals the best-ever estimate of the distribution of industrialized fishing. Although the poles are popular fishing grounds for certain species, they are also monitored in very different ways.
On his first official visit to Antarctica, Argentina new president was accompanied by the IAEA director to launch a new project to combat microplastic pollution.
Currently, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi is working at the Concordia Station in the middle of Antarctica, researching snow. In his blog, he reports on his work and life at 3,000 m above sea level.
In Svalbard, freshwater fish benefit from slightly warmer water than usual in the lakes they inhabit, which could be increasingly beneficial for fishing, at least as long as the glaciers remain.
A well-kept mystery seems to have been solved: During the last interglacial period, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet apparently melted completely, causing global sea levels to rise by several meters.
Calories are needed to combat the cold, and the reindeer have to work so hard to store up energy for the winter that they have to sleep ruminating during the summer.
Along with climate change, environmental pollution is one of the most pressing problems in the Arctic and Antarctic and has increasingly become the focus of research in recent years.
The year 2023 saw several projects and events aimed at strengthening the self-determination and presence of circumpolar Indigenous populations in the Arctic
Scientific research in Antarctica has played a key role in many important discoveries of the past century. But it has also come at a considerable cost to the environment.
The 19th edition of ArcticNet ASM2023 scientific meeting was held in the Arctic for the first time, and focused among other topics on Inuit representation in scientific research.