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...
On the Antarctic Peninsula, a former British research station on remote Horseshoe Island offers a trip back in time. (Photo: AA Photo) On remote Horseshoe Island on the Antarctic Peninsula stands the former British research station Base Y. Established in 1950, Station...
Once hunted to near extinction, walruses in Greenland can only make themselves comfortable in the national park. Hunting the massive seals is still allowed in Greenland, nota bene as a quota hunt. (Photo: Dr Michael Wenger) In the Middle Ages, the Norsemen from...
As part of his dissertation, Dr. Singh Sehra spent a total of 18 months in Antarctica and, together with Soviet researchers, made a circumnavigation of the continent and became the first Indian to overwinter at Molodezhnaya Station. Image: courtesy of Dr. Singh Sehra...