The Sea Life Sydney Aquarium recently had to say goodbye to one of its most famous residents: the gentoo penguin Sphen. His same-sex partnership with Magic made headlines worldwide, bringing the couple international fame.
An Amazon warehouse in Iqaluit vastly expanded the selection of products and gave new agency to Nunavut residents, researcher tells Polar Journal.
We do not know how well Greenlanders’ trust values match the ideals of the welfare system that Greenland has inherited from Denmark.
At the Future Greenland conference that took place last week in Nuuk, business stakeholders from 15 countries discussed the growth and development of Greenland.
Polar regions are experiencing a hype not seen since the days of early polar exploration. This interest applies particularly to economic development and jobs in both the Arctic and Antarctic. On the one hand, everyone directly or indirectly connected to polar regions needs a workforce. On the other hand, those who live in or near […]
The death last week in France of the priest accused of pedophilia, Joannès Rivoire, brings to an end three decades of legal proceedings. He had been accused since 1993 of having sexually abused Inuit children.
Musk ox, reindeer and soon, perhaps, seal are among the dishes that start onboard dialogues about sustainability and cultural differences.
Alaska and Yukon won the medal standings at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games while the Saami and Nunavik trailed behind.
While last week a study dispelled a historical myth about gender differences in size, the link between a historical scandal and the issue of women’s and human rights was discussed in Denmark.
Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball, President of the Kativik region, on Monday.
The Supreme Court of Canada has just upheld the constitutionality of Act C-92, which allows the country’s Indigenous communities to manage their own child and family protection services.
A group of anthropologists were able to confirm that the migration routes among the Nenets have changed in recent years due to mobile antennas in tundra regions.
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.
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 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.
The mixed gender of scientific stations raises a number of questions about relations between men and women, issues for which the overwintering staff of the French Polar Institute have been prepared before their departure.
As winter draws to a close, volunteers at the French Polar Institute are threatening their organization and denouncing the precariousness of their Volontariat de Service Civique (VSC) and disproportionate working hours.
Nunavut breaks ground on new trauma and addiction treatment centre. Located in Iqaluit and designed by Inuit, it will provide therapies based on Inuit culture.
As part of Chile’s constitutional reform and the second phase of drafting a new constitution, the U-Antarctica group of university experts has formulated an amendment on the status of Antarctica.
Svalbard is facing changes on multiple scales. An ethnological study analyzing this process, and the issues that come with it, has just been published.
In Greenland, garbage management is to be improved, especially in remote settlements, using a Greenlandic village as a model.
The Belgian International Polar Foundation and the Trân Family Foundation plan to award and financially support a young company in the Arctic again this year.
Since 2006, an Inuit community in Alaska has been using a platform created by scientists to document how their region is changing
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