French Antarctic base Dumont d’Urville, Terre Adélie. Image: Thibaut Vergoz / French Polar Institute Last summer, the scientific stations operating on the east coast of Antarctica, both French and Australian, passed the cross inspection test, an Antarctic Treaty...
The area around Nanortalik is characterized by numerous skerries – one of which was the Adolf Jensen’ s undoing. Photo: Wikipedia/Jensbn The passenger ship Adolf Jensen ran aground and sank off Nanortalik in southern Greenland last week. All passengers and...
Currently, not only the sun provides energy in Longyearbyen, but also the discussions about electricity costs and the constant topic of tourism. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The Polar Retrospective looks at stories of the past week that are related to the Arctic and...
No more smoke is emitted from the chimney of Norway’s last coal-fired power plant since yesterday. Photo: Marcel Schütz The end of coal: Just over 24 hours ago, an era came to a close in Longyearbyen. For decades, the power plant supplied electricity and heat...
The former military airfield in Mestersvig, East Greenland, is just one of around 30 abandoned military installations in Greenland. Photo: Anders Christian Vestergaard Throughout the Arctic, there are numerous weather, research, and radio stations, as well as military...
