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...
Christophe de Margerie breaks the ice aft using the ship’s propellers. Photo: Sovcomflot The Arctic Council’s working groups published an updated report on Arctic maritime traffic in January, with 10 years’ hindsight on the area figures. Last week,...
Landscape of the Kerguelen archipelago, in the Gulf of Morbihan, south of the Monts du Milieu. Image: Camille Lin These are very special French territories, as much for their biodiversity as for their administrative system, whose specific features reflect these...