A sporting polar year ahead
From the Arctic Games to the Southern Games, here’s a look back at the competitions that took place in 2023 and will resume next year in a highly sporting year with the arrival of the Olympic Games.
From the Arctic Games to the Southern Games, here’s a look back at the competitions that took place in 2023 and will resume next year in a highly sporting year with the arrival of the Olympic Games.
The entire PolarJournal team in Switzerland, France and Germany wishes everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas season!
The new 10-year management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island, Canada’s northernmost park, will strengthen Inuit engagement.
The museum in Grytviken, South Georgia, has received important memorabilia from Shackleton’s “Endurance” expedition as a donation, including a silver polar medal, and is now placing it on display.
A young Norwegian Sámi start-up has just won a prize at the last Arctic Futures Symposium for clothing that combines modernity and Sámi traditions.
Four of the eight Arctic nations are among the top five in the world when it comes to equality for the LGBTQI community on a national level.
In Greenland, 25 of the 34 critical raw materials for the energy transition are present in significant quantities, and last Thursday the European Union and this country signed strategic agreements to develop sustainable value chains for the exploitation of these resources.
From Inuit for Inuit: “SIKU – The Indigenous Social Network” is a unique, highly versatile and powerful social network that enables Inuit to share their knowledge, current observations and stories with other Inuit.
A Canadian perfume manufacturer will be adding a touch of Antarctica with its new product from January 2024, and emperor penguins play an important role.
The avian flu that was detected on South Georgia in October has meanwhile taken hold of the island and elephant seals are also showing an increasing number of deaths, especially among pups.
When Greenlandic women in remotely located towns are pregnant they have to leave family, friends, and familiar surroundings behind to go on stressful and lonely “birthing trips”.
A book about a major scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean, a well-illustrated groundbreaking experience in the study of the ocean, ice and climate of the polar regions, aimed at a wide audience.
Chain migration, favorable job opportunities, and a fast track visa process are reasons for the sudden rise of Filipinos in Greenland. Once the economic cycles turn bad, many may need to return.
For several years now, cases of cultural and Indigenous identity appropriation have been multiplying in Canada and the United States. A phenomenon that also affects Inuit.
Greenland’s fishermen have demonstrated their anger at Royal Greenland’s drop in the purchase price of cod, accusing it of abusing its monopoly power.
To prevent people in Greenland from commiting suicide, a researcher travels up and down the country and successfully holds courses for survivors who want to help others taking a similar path to end their lives.
The mystery of the arrival of dog sleds in Greenland is set to be solved by Emma Vitale who, in a recently published study, has defined a methodology to improve the interpretation of items found during archaeological digs linked to this mode of transport.
Greenland changed its time zone over the weekend, simply by not changing its clocks and keeping daylight saving time.
Arctic communities are growing and need energy. Decarbonized energy is attracting the interest of political decision-makers and certain investors and companies. These topics dominated the energy debates at the Arctic Circle Assembly.
Three days with 100% Arctic, focused on future challenges in all fields: energy, community development, large-scale economy… Thousands of participants packed Reykjavik’s convention center.
The Arctic Circle Assembly opens in Reykjavik for three days of discussions between those involved in sustainable development in the Arctic Circle. The presence of the French ambassador for the poles reinforces the launch of the One Polar Summit in Paris in November.
A group of researchers is looking for people who want to open their homes to them. They would like to measure if Greenlandic homes have too high a concentration of the hazardous gas radon.
A group of 67 Greenlandic women, who had IUDs inserted without their consent, are demanding a compensation payment of EUR 40,000 each from the Danish government.
Innovation South Greenland is working to prevent the local sheep farmers from becoming overwhelmed by assisting the many researchers visiting the area.