AWI Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (left) and MOSAiC Expedition Leader Prof. Dr. Markus Rex accepted the Arctic Circle Award on behalf of AWI and MOSAiC at this year’s Arctic Circle meeting. Image: Lisa Grosfeld The Arctic is an incredibly complex system that...
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is the largest river delta in the world. About 25,000 people, most of them indigenous people, live on about 130,000 square kilometers. In this infrastructure-poor region, the digital gap is now to be closed with two large federal grants....
It probably doesn’t feel like home for many women – sexual harassment and discrimination against women is a widespread problem on Australian Antarctic stations, according to an external report. Photo: Christopher Wilson via AAD Sexual harassment is...
The planned complex “Nordurslod”, which means “The North Path”, is to be built in Iceland’s capital, making the island an Arctic center. The initiator of the project, the Arctic Circle, thus wants to strengthen its roots to the island and...
The BBC is showing the six-part series “Frozen Planet II” on its channels One and Two, taking viewers to the Arctic, Antarctica and high mountain worlds. Even more than in the first part, scientific aspects are also represented this time. Video: Youtube...