Mercators map based on his calculations and titled Nova and Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata, Mercator. His works still shape the view on the world today and is essential for navigation. Image: Wikimedia Back in the 16th century,...
Swiss photographer Bruno Zehnder spent a lot of time in and around Antarctica between 1975 and 1997. Mostly he was traveling with the Soviet-Russian expeditions and was especially fond of the penguins. That’s why he gave himself the nickname Bruno...
Just ten years ago, the main storehouse (center) of what was once the largest whaling station Grytviken was a historic accumulation of corrugated sheets and iron and closed to visitors due to the risk of collapse. But thanks to five years of restoration work, the...
How does the judicial system work in Nunavik, the Arctic region of Norther Québec and can equal access to the system be guaranteed where Western and Inuit culture met? Image: Pixabay All Western societies with a democratic system have long had the access to justice...
Edith “Jackie” Ronne (1919 – 2009) was the first U.S. woman to set foot in Antarctica and also overwinter there. Together with her husband Finn Ronne, she led the “Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition” and continued to shape Antarctica and...
