Russia, one of the eight member countries of the Arctic Council, has the largest area of the Arctic and vast boreal forests. Image: Max Wilbert The cooling of relations between the West and Russia is having a major impact on the study of changes in the Arctic,...
An oil rig is being towed in the Stavanger shipping area in Norway. Image: Odfjell Drilling Oil exploration in the Barents Sea continues, with Norway issuing eight new production licenses. While Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth win a legal battle against the...
Departing from Spain last autumn, the Hespéridesis moored in the small bay opposite the Juan Carlos I station. Image: Ocean Networks Canada To monitor the melting of the Antarctic and its effects on the balance of the Southern Ocean, a Spanish-Canadian association has...
Cape Digby, in the north of the eastern side of the Courbet peninsula in the Kerguelen archipelago. Image: Laura Charlanne / French Polar Institute Southern elephant seals don’t fast completely during the drastic moulting period, but they could very well go in...
Flat and white as far as the eye can see. This is my workspace in the “forbidden area”. (Photo: Matthias Jaggi / SLF) Currently, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi is working at the Concordia Station in the middle of Antarctica, researching snow. In his blog, he reports on...
