Maitri was built between 1988 and 1989 for a period of ten years and is an important station that allows scientists to collect geological, meteorological and geophysical data. (Photo: UBA / H. Germhandt) Currently, India has two operational research stations in...
Argentina’s only icebreaker, the “Almirante Irizar” in the port of Ushuaia. From here, the ship supplies its Antarctic stations and conducts research cruises. Now the ship will receive support. Image: Argentine Government via Wikicommons CC-BY 2.5 In...
Tourist trips to the North Pole are mostly made by ship. So far, this was done only by Russian icebreakers that have sailed from Murmansk. But that could change and should be regulated internationally, according to the committee’s report. Picture: Michael Wenger...
Denmark is keeping its friends close, and its ally closer (Photo: State Department) Three years ago, when America’s president at the time admitted that he was toying with the “concept” of buying Greenland, the idea was dutifully dismissed as “absurd” by Denmark’s then...
The Swiss Ambassador to Norway, Bernard Jaggy, presents the newly appointed Honorary Consul Marcel Schütz with the official certificate of appointment in a formal ceremony. Picture: Michael Wenger The Norwegian-administered Svalbard archipelago has become the focus of...
