A lurking threat (Photo: Michael Wenger) One of the great ironies of global warming is that, despite the threat is poses to polar bears, run-ins with humans are becoming more frequent, sometimes with unfortunate outcomes for both species. The remedy to this most often...
Emperor penguins are particularly vulnerable to climate change. If the fast ice disappears, their breeding sites are also lost. Already, some colonies have had to find new, safer locations. But this is not possible everywhere in Antarctica. Photo: Heiner Kubny The...
The pectoral fin in humpback whales is much larger in proportion to the body than in other whale species. This has earned the marine mammals the Latin name Megaptera, which means “giant wings.” (Photo: Dr Michael Wenger) Every year, humpback whales...
The island of Andøya is the largest in the Vesterålen archipelago, far in the north of Norway. Like many communities in the Arctic, the search for opportunities for new jobs is going on. Service companies are playing an increasingly important role in this. Picture:...
The foundations on which the new station will stand will be high enough so that the buildings will no longer vanish in the snow. A total of five building modules will stand on the supports. Image: AARI Russia is one of the countries that had conducted research in...
