Iqaluit’s water supply restored, but…
Since mid-December, the drinking water supply in Nunavut’s capital had been restored. But just 6 days later, it was compromised again.
Since mid-December, the drinking water supply in Nunavut’s capital had been restored. But just 6 days later, it was compromised again.
PolarJournal strengthens its editorial team by working with US journalist Kevin McGwin
Prince Albert II of Monaco is planning a visit to Svalbard this summer in memory of his ancestor Albert I.
The chefs of Koks will bring their uncompromising approach to taking food with them. The country’s tourism industry is more interested in what they will leave behind.
A small part of the Greenlandic population does something good for a healthy cardiovascular system by eating sweets. A genetic variation is responsible for this.
The COVID virus has reached the Belgian Antarctic station “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica”, where currently 16 out of 25 people have tested positive.
The year 2021 was a polarizing year in many ways, also in the Arctic and Antarctic. But a look back nourishes hope for the coming 2022.
The PolarJournal team wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Snow goggles have been a useful tool against snow blindness for thousands of years among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic who live in the ice and snow.
Notwithstanding awareness and general concerns on the part of environment and climate protection, White Desert is convinced that flights to Antarctica can be carried out more and more sustainably.
Robert Johansen has started a microbrewery in Longyearbyen to produce a real Svalbard beer. For the time being, an old Norwegian law from 1928 stood in the way.
A book that breathes life into a ship: The biography of the “Cape Race” shows how the small ship turned from a fishing trawler to an elegant expedition ship.
The International Arctic Hub platform has been active for about a year and went online with its new website a few days ago.
The Danish Film Institute has been digitizing historical films about Greenland for years, which are freely available online.
A single Adélie penguin made an errant landing in New Zealand, which some media outlets reported as a sign of climate change.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council now has a say in decisions, actions and policies of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The former expedition ship “Akademik Ioffe” was seized in Denmark after the former Canadian company filed a lawsuit against the Russian owners.
With numerous events, the Geneva Cryosphere Hub forms a bridge from Switzerland to the climate conference in Glasgow.
The Alfred Wegener Institute is represented at the COP26 by several researchers, who will give presentations on the thawing of permafrost and on polar oceans, among other topics.
For nearly three weeks, the drinking water supply to Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit, has been contaminated with fuel and residents have had to be supplied externally.
Every inhabitant of the Russian Republic of Yakutia knows what “northern delivery” is and what problems occur with it every year in Yakutia.
Svalbard has recorded its first “domestic” COVID case after a Longyearbyen resident has tested positive.
Argentina and Chile have opened further their portals for Antarctic voyages and operators finally are preparing for a season.
Coal production on Svalbard will cease in 2023. Gruve 7 is the last Norwegian state-owned coal company that still produces coal.