Fifty-five metres long and 10 metres wide at its widest point, the Polarfront’s ice-strengthened hull sinks 4.5 metres into the water and flies the French flag. (Image: Latitude Blanche) In line with its business model and the decarbonization of the shipping...
Que Sera will sail to Alaska from Newfoundland via Greenland and the Northwest Passages (Photo: Pacifique) An insurance dispute forced the postponement of last year’s leg of the Arctic Expedition, but the organisers of the scientific and artistic voyage have new...
The skippers of the Vendée Globe sail single-handed for several weeks with the aim of winning the race. They are now starting to take scientific equipment on board, but any measuring instruments must be autonomous, small, light and resistant in order to record data...
(Photo: Karl Heuchel / Umeå University) Arctic lakes are amongst the most common type of freshwater body. Therefore, knowing what happens to the organic matter that winds up in them is crucial for understanding whether they are helping to remove carbon dioxide from...
Yedoma permafrost with the mighty ice masses and underlying river sediments in the Lena Delta. Photo: Janet Rethemeyer Arctic permafrost plays a significant role in global warming, climate scientists agree. Still under debate, however, is the amount of greenhouse...