Safety is an issue for shipping in the Arctic, where emergency infrastructures are rare. Over the last ten years, the distance covered by the Polar Code has doubled, and the number of ships has increased. Image: Air Force / Joint Arctic Command The challenges of...
Cherbourg’s shipbuilding sector builds its first polar drifting station for the foundation Tara Océan. The shipyard’s CEO hopes it will convince other players in the polar world. Image: Camille Lin Since October 4, the Tara Polar Station has been floating...
The farthest reaches of the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic remain largely unexplored by scientists. Drawing: Mitchelle Tamariz Several meters thick, the multi-year ice accumulates in an Arctic maritime area, the Nares Strait, where numerous fjords dump alluvial...
Year-round opening of the Northern Sea Route depends on icebreaker escorts. Image: Baltic Shipyard To promote the development of the Russian Arctic, national and regional authorities have invited foreign delegations from friendly countries to visit Arkhangelsk, in the...
The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Australia, pictured here in 1937, operated in the Indian Ocean in 1941 during the Second World War. Image: Public domain A study published in the Australian Journal of Politics and History dusts off an old Australian concern...