The MS Cape Race is no longer a fishing boat these days, but shows to a maximum of 12 guests on board the beauties of the far north, from Scotland to the Arctic Ocean. For this purpose, the ship was rebuilt with a lot of love and care and made “polar fit”....
Even Canadian Coast Guard Icebreakers are ‘black smokers’ (Photo: Sebastian Moser) On November 20, 2020, the IMO’s Marine Environment Committee in a virtual meeting decided to ban the use and transport of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in the Arctic Ocean. The...
Polar bear on Arctic sea ice (Photo: AWI / Stefan Hendricks) The cause of the speed and severity of abrupt climate changes during the last cold period lies in the ocean. This is confirmed by a new study by AWI scientist Henrik Sadatzki, now published in Proceedings of...
The “Christophe de Margerie” LNG tanker is one of several ships transporting LNG on the Northeast Passage. (Photo: Rosmorport) Never before have such large quantities of cargo been transported along the Northeast Passage. According to the Russian Federal...
The Arctic Ocean covers an area of almost 14 million square kilometres, surrounded by continents and which is covered (to a large extent) by ice. Since it has only two inputs/outputs, it is usually divided into a Eurasian and Amerasian area, separated by the...
