More than 4,500 women and girls in Greenland were implanted with an IUD (left) in the 1960s and 70s, often without their consent. Denmark wanted to achieve birth control in this way. ICC President Sara Olsvig (right) believes that this is a breach of the basic human...
The German Neumayer Station in Antarctica is just one of the 64 research facilities that researchers can use as part of the POLARIN network. Photo: Klaus Guba The EU is funding the new POLARIN (Polar Research Infrastructure Network) research infrastructure project...
Argentinian scientists found two dead skuas near the “Primavera” station on the Antarctic Peninsula. At the Spanish research station on Deception Island, it was confirmed that they were carriers of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. Photo: Michael Wenger...
The SWAIS 2C team’s drilling camp on the Kamb Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, 860 kilometers from New Zealand’s Scott Station. Photo: Anthony Powell The scientific team of the SWAIS 2C project has successfully completed the first stage and recovered the...
Water is supplied to the individual buildings in high Arctic places like Ny Ålesund through pipes that run above ground due to the permafrost. The pipes need to be massively insulated and often are heated to prevent the water from freezing. (Archive photo: Michael...