In a new book that makes us live the tension of the fieldwork, the motivating charge of the meetings, we have the exciting feeling to be a glaciologist for the time of a reading and to live behind the scenes the adventure of Heïdi Sevestre, with whom we cultivate...
Past, present and future: The pilgrimage church of Nôtre-Dame de Valère and the ruins of Tourbillon (center) tower above Sion, while in front the future stands with an “Energypolis” building and in the background the glacier and snow-covered mountains of...
Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth is also now available in French. In 1897, the Belgica left Antwerp with at its head Adrien de Gerlache, a young captain, Roald Amundsen, the future great explorer as second in command, an...
This year there are again several Antarctic fellowships for young scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Photo: Julia Hager/AWI Early-career scientists and young researchers can now apply again for Antarctic fellowships. In addition to IAATO, which has been...
A previous study in Svalbard found that 22.5 percent of northern fulmars had more than 0.1 grams of plastic in their stomachs (Trevail et al. 2015). Photo: Julia Hager Microplastics in the intestines of seabirds have another significant impact in addition to negative...
