Safety is an issue for shipping in the Arctic, where emergency infrastructures are rare. Over the last ten years, the distance covered by the Polar Code has doubled, and the number of ships has increased. Image: Air Force / Joint Arctic Command The challenges of...
Polar bear encounters in East Greenland are rather rare due to the sparse population. This year, however, several incidents were reported around the settlement of Ittoqqotoormiit. (Archive photo: Michael Wenger) A man was injured in an attack by a polar bear in East...
TheOcean Explorer is in difficulty in a very rarely visited area, where rescue operations are no easy task. Photo: Air Force / Arctic Command Update on Ocean Explorer 14/09/2023: the vessel has been free since this morning, with the help of the trawler Tarajoq, after...
Expedition vessel “Mikhail Somov” has been in operation since 1975 and is capable of breaking ice up to 70 centimeters. (Photo: Yuri Dvornikov) Reports emerged on July 25 that the research vessel “Mikhail Somov” ran aground near the Franz Josef...
Archive photo: Polar bear mothers are currently coming out of their winter quarters and searching for food in Svalbard’s fjords. They have their cubs with them. Image: Michael Wenger UPDATE The first results of the investigations by the authorities have shown...
