Catherine Chabaud, the first woman to complete a circumnavigation of the globe in a solo sailing race, breaks a bottle of champagne on the port side of Persévérance, in the shadow of Marseille’s “La Bonne Mère”, the patron saint of sailors and fishermen....
This article is published as part of a partnership between PolarJournal and Quark Expeditions. A wild-and-crazy godmother (Photo: Quark Expeditions) The cruise operator has chosen a tireless advocate for inclusivity and capability as well as an expert in geoscience to...
Jakob Abermann, of the University of Graz, surveys ice using somewhat more modern methods than Alfred Wegener did in his day (Photo: Uni Graz / Andreas Trügler) Century-old weather records and snow and ice data collected by Alfred Wegener during his Greenland...
To experience the Arctic wonders of Svalbard on land and from water, one must first overcome the air. But being in the realm of polar bears and walruses are worth it (Photo: Michael Wenger) The aftermath of years of travel disruptions to Svalbard and other regions of...
Mike Keen will probably have to weave his way through the numerous icebergs and boulders in the waters off Ilulissat (Photo: Julia Hager) Englishman Mike Keen has been paddling his kayak along the coast of western Greenland since the end of April. He is driven by a...