The Arctic Council’s functioning depends very much on the working groups, as they actually carry out the Council’s activities and organise projects and programmes that are adopted at ministerial level. (Photo: Arctic Council, Gunnar Vigfusson) Ever since...
Water is supplied to the individual buildings in high Arctic places like Ny Ålesund through pipes that run above ground due to the permafrost. The pipes need to be massively insulated and often are heated to prevent the water from freezing. (Archive photo: Michael...
The SnowMicroPen® of the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF was developed to visualize the microstructures of snow. For these, with other factors, determine the physical properties of the layers of snow and thus also their behavior in the face of...
In Ísafjörður, Iceland, topics such as sustainability, man-made environmental change, science and art are intertwined in a very special project. The people behind it are a scientist and an illustrator from Switzerland. Image: Stürlast Wiki Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When it...
Sailing in reduced visibility, a sailor at the bow with ice on the water. Image: Léa Dillard The Fondation Pacifique takes young scientists on board to explore the Northwest Passage, starting in the North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Greenland, then along the...