The German Neumayer Station in Antarctica is just one of the 64 research facilities that researchers can use as part of the POLARIN network. Photo: Klaus Guba The EU is funding the new POLARIN (Polar Research Infrastructure Network) research infrastructure project...
Opening ceremony of the AWI Technical Centre Rasmus-Willumsen-Haus. Johann Willumsen, descendant of the Greenlandic expedition participant Rasmus Willumsen next to the portrait of the Technical Centre’s namesake. (Photo: Hannes von der Fecht) After more than...
The supply and research vessel Marion Dufresne II approaches the Kerguelen archipelago via Audierne Bay. Image: Camille Lin The first international polar summit will be held in Paris in November, organized by Olivier Poivre d’Arvor and attended by President...
Dr. Xavier Mertz was a key member of the Mawson Expedition to Antarctica 1911-1914. Unfortunately, he did not survive the return leg of a tour on the continent, dying on January 8, 1913. As the first Swiss in Antarctica, he is the namesake for the new fellowship...
The “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica” station is the first and only zero emission polar research station. Photo: René Robert, International Polar Foundation “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica” is the first and still the only zero emission polar...