“We start from the principle that it is essential to involve the people who live in the Arctic regions right from the conception of the research project”, Anne Choquet, teacher-researcher in polar law. Image: Julie Boiveau / ISBlue This week in Brest, a...
The “polar retrospective” summarizes events around the Arctic and Antarctic from the previous week and focuses on one or more specific polar aspects. This time, we focus on Arctic events and their global connections. Every day we provide information about...
From left to right, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Nunavut Premier P. J. Akeeagok and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) President Aluki Kotierk gathered in Iqaluit to sign an agreement described as historic. Image: P. J. Akeeagok / Facebook An agreement...
A lack of krill is thought to be the main reason for the decline in fur seals observed in the north of South Georgia. Researchers are concerned that this symptom could spread to the archipelago and the Southern Ocean. On October 15, the journal Global Change Biology...
Visible blow of pod of whales feeding on krill while a supertrawler fishes among them (Photo: Sea Shepherd Global / Flavio Gasperini). Differences have arisen within the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), apparently from...