Since their discovery in 1911 by the Terra Nova expedition crew, Blood Falls have fascinated researchers. Enormously saline waters originate from the underside of the Taylor Glacier and are one of the few sources of water in the Dry Valleys of East Antarctica. (Photo:...
The oceanographic vessel namedHelmer Hanssen belongs to the University of Tromsø, which uses it for climate studies and bottom trawling. Image: Erlend Bjørtvedt / Wikimedia While we are struggling to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, Norwegian scientists have just...
Mount Erebus on Ross Island in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth and maintains a lava lake that has been constantly fed from below for decades. Photo: Michael Wenger Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano in the world, and a...
The geological structures of Greenland are remarkable and a treasure chest for scientists. Because on the island the history of the earth is almost like an illustrated book and lets you look far into the past. Picture: Michael Wenger Greenland is the epitome of the...
Ordovician black shales of the Mount Hare Formation, Road River Group (c. 465 million years old) rise above conglomerates of the Aberdeen Member. The dangerous rapids of Aberdeen Canyon (Nan Zhak Nadhàdlaii), created by the Peel River cutting through the resistant...
