Emperor penguins love the icy environment. They rarely move beyond the Antarctic boundaries. But when dthey do, it’s worth a headline. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The Polar Retrospective looks back at events from the past week that are related to the Arctic and...
French Antarctic base Dumont d’Urville, Terre Adélie. Image: Thibaut Vergoz / French Polar Institute Last summer, the scientific stations operating on the east coast of Antarctica, both French and Australian, passed the cross inspection test, an Antarctic Treaty...
A well-nourished polar bear in the Chukchi Sea region in summer looks like a good sign. Yet, the king of the Arctic is increasingly impacted by viruses, bacteria and parasites as a new study shows. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The Polar Retrospective looks back at events...
At first glance, business as usual: the Arctic Circle is calling and thousands of stakeholders are coming. Yet this year was a little different. Photo: Arctic Circle The Polar Retrospective looks back at events from the past week that are related to the Arctic and...
Fur seals and elephant seals share the Southern Ocean using very different hunting tactics. To find out more, read this article in Polar Journal AG. Image : Christophe Guinet By Lilian Dove, Brown University A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how...