In the Arctic around the North Pole there are currently about 20,000 polar bears divided into 19 populations. The polar bear has become a symbol of climate change. But while researchers and politicians continue to merely debate rather than act: How is the king of the...
Polar bear on the ice in Franz Josef Land. Polar bears on Russian islands and on the coast should be registered. This is an important step to better understand their behaviour and migration in the time of climate change. (Image: Heiner Kubny) In the summer of 2021,...
For the first time, the remains of the weather station known as “Schatzgräber” were rediscovered in the summer of 2016. (Photo, Evgeniy Ermolov) There are many conspiracy theories about Nazi institutions in the Polar Regions. But there were also ventures...
