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...
Since 2020, Arktika has been escorting LNG carriers from Siberian petrochemical complexes between Murmansk and the Bering Strait. Image: Rosatom The conflict in Ukraine is straining the political and economic situation in the Russian Arctic, and the dream of free...
The motorization of the sailboat allows her to go to the poles, it filters its emissions of particles and nitrogen oxide, and she travels as much as possible by sail. Image: Polar Pod The Piriou shipyard has just delivered the supply ship for the Polar Pod, a drifting...
