The Ilulissat Icefjord is an impressive sights for tourists, but recently disagreements arose over how the money they spend should be divided. Photo: Michael Wenger Arctic cruise ship operators have faced headwinds in Greenland this summer, but AECO, an organization...
Coastal landscape marked by erosion with meltwater ponds on Herschel Island, Canada. (Photo: Jaroslav Obu) A Research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute investigated the environmental risks from drilling mud pits in Canada’s Mackenzie Delta. Industrial...
The fires in Russia, Canada and Alaska send smoke and pollutants far into non-Arctic regions, where they can cause health problems. These risks are likely to increase in the long term. (Animation images: Copernicus EU; Animation: Polar Journal AG) The Polar...
The ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen with a handball on the International Space Station in August, 2023. In the background are the three flags from the Danish Realm which he represented, including the Greenlandic Erfalasorput (on the left). Photo: Rumrejsen2023.dk Five...
Ulrik Maki Lyberth posing with two different species of seaweed; so-called sea lettuce flakes (right) and a species of bladderwrack. Photo: Maki Seaweed Facebook The “climate-friendly superfood” can help remote villages battling unemployment, and its supply is...
