Katabatic winds descend fast along the Antarctic ice caps. Image: Samuel Blanc / Wikimedia Commons A weather phenomenon that is not uncommon in Antarctica has claimed the life of a member of the Russian scientific coastal station on Queen Maud Land. Last week in...
Ice shelves are the last brakes on the flow of glaciers into the sea from the upper reaches. Image: David Vaughan / British Antarctic Survey Thinning, shrinking, sliding and mega-cracks… In Antarctica, ice shelves are losing their footing. According to the...
Ici à gauche, le hight kick pied joint est l’une des disciplines ancestrales des Arctic Games. Image : Arctic Games 2021 Ici à droite, même discipline lors des World Eskimo Indian Olympics en 2009. Image : FairbanksMike / Wikimedia Common From the Arctic Games...
Rain falls at the French Dumont d’Urville station in the eastern Antarctic coast on New Year’s Day 2014. (Photo: Bruno Jourdain UGA / CNRS / IPEV) Rainfall could increase in amount, frequency and intensity over the next 80 years along the coast of...
