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...
Geologically, the Kerguelen Islands are over 100,000 million years old. Here, the Larzac plateau overlooks the north-western part of the Courbet peninsula, with the Chasseneige, Hooker, Trapèze (807 m altitude) and Lyall mountains. Image: Camille Lin Take a look under...
Escort of the French Navy’s BSAM Rhône. Image: Guillaume Robin / Studio Ponant / French Navy The French, Danish and Icelandic navies performed search and rescue maneuvers at sea with the most powerful icebreaker in the NATO zone, a tourist liner flying the flag...
The ship was designed by Vard Marine at a cost of 4 million dollars. Image: Andrés López Castro / Armada de Chile The long-awaited Almirante Viel, the second Antarctic vessel of the same name, is making her first tack in the South Pacific before embarking on ambitious...
