Softer method developed for polar bear tagging
Instead of attaching satellite transmitters to polar bears with collars, experts have found ways to attach the transmitters to the fur, which means less stress for the animals.
Instead of attaching satellite transmitters to polar bears with collars, experts have found ways to attach the transmitters to the fur, which means less stress for the animals.
The launch of an underwater ROV offers a precise view of the underside of the world’s largest floating ice shelf.
An innovative new network of automated weather stations created by Swiss and Belgians could help obtain more accurate climate data from Antarctic regions.
Garbage dumps behind the station was yesterday! The 1959 Antarctic Treaty sets the rules for nations conducting research in Antarctica on how to handle waste.
In Antarctica, unique ice samples were recovered from a depth of 3.5 km. The drill core from the ice layer above Lake Vostok is presumably more than 1 million years old.
The interactive map will help support expedition planning and improve Antarctic research in the sea ice zone.
The nuclear technology of small modular reactors could illuminate the ceiling lights of Inuit homes, it is not yet perfected, but seems to be advancing, Canada is exploring this possibility.
Microcapsules filled with chloride-free anti-icing agent in asphalt could help keep roads in Arctic communities free of ice and snow.
The U.S. telecommunications company GCI has made good on its promise and launched one of the fastest Internet connection in the U.S. in Unalaska.
Some improvements were made to the world’s first electric polar vehicle after the first successful season.
Architecture students were able to develop the new U.S. NOAA field station in Antarctica that is now under construction, thanks in no small part to the help of a tour provider.
A group of 24 U.S. researchers are calling for information and data on Antarctic biodiversity to be collected worldwide and made available to researchers in a virtual network as a biotheque.
In Greenland, a two-tier society remains when it comes to communications technology, as provider TUSASS does not want to lay a fiber-optic cable to the east.
Since the 2018 drought in Cape Town, the idea of towing icebergs, from 50th parallel south, has resurfaced.
KSAT, which operates a network for satellite communications in polar regions, is supporting a NOAA project to observe solar storms.
Australia plans to use tractor convoys to make the journey from the Australian Casey station to the drilling site of the oldest ice core and has started extensive testing.
The Almirante Óscar Viel, Chile’s prestige project, is a big step closer to completion.
French polar explorer Jean-Louis Étienne’s ambitious Polar POD project has been officially launched and is scheduled for construction in France and South Africa by 2024.
Korea plans to build an inland Antarctic research station by 2030. In order to better respond to climate change, the construction of the new station makes sense, it is stated.
A new photovoltaic system is currently being tested in far northern Alaska to help determine more about the future of solar power as a renewable energy source.
The trans-Arctic fiber optic cable project planned by Farn North Digital LLC and Cinia is meeting with skepticism from the government in Canada.
The British Antarctic Survey is using fixed-wing drones to better monitor the vast colonies of penguins and other animals on South Georgia.
A British Antarctic Survey research team has created an artificial intelligence to help find the best route through pack ice.
In Greenland, the government is discussing plans to capture CO2 and fix it as rock deep in the island’s ground. An oil company also wants in on the action.