Claude Lorius was one of the most famous French polar explorers (here in Antarctica in 2008) and, thanks to a glass of whisky with ice, came up with the idea of using glass bubbles in ice to study atmospheric gases from times past. In doing so, he laid an important...
Deployment of a scientific operation in the Eurasian Arctic from the sides of the German oceanographic vessel Polarstern. Image : Céline Heuzé The mysteries of the deep water race in the Arctic are difficult to unravel because of climate change and lack of data....
At first glance, a pristine Arctic landscape in Svalbard. But trapped in the snow and ice below lie numerous residues of our existence in the form of pollutants, transported by air masses. Image: Michael Wenger For some time now, an abbreviation has been making...
Icefin is an underwater robot that describes the environment under ice shelves using sensors including sonar, camera, chemo-sensitive and bio-sensitive probes. Image: NASA PSTAR RISEUP / Schmidt The launch of an underwater vehicle offers a precise view of the...
Frozen landscape of the Disko Bay in Ilulissat produced by the calving of the glacier Jakobshavn Isbræ. Image: Michael Wenger An event in the life of glaciers that had never been observed before has just surprised glaciologists. A lake resting on the ice cap drained...