The German Neumayer Station in Antarctica is just one of the 64 research facilities that researchers can use as part of the POLARIN network. Photo: Klaus Guba The EU is funding the new POLARIN (Polar Research Infrastructure Network) research infrastructure project...
Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson had handed over the symbol of the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov for the Russian chairmanship in Reykjavik on May 20, 2021. Image: Gunnar Vigfusson / Icelandic Ministry of Foreign...
Since 2020, Arktika has been escorting LNG carriers from Siberian petrochemical complexes between Murmansk and the Bering Strait. Image: Rosatom The conflict in Ukraine is straining the political and economic situation in the Russian Arctic, and the dream of free...
Gentoo penguin in front of reddish snow at “Vernadsky” station. (Photo: Sergei Glotov) Around the Ukrainian Antarctic station “Akademik Vernadsky” the snow has turned a reddish color. The reason for the color change was the mass accumulation of...
The destroyed portraits of the research teams in the director’s office are especially painful, but fortunately can be restored. (Photo: Aleksandr Zakletsky, Yulia Kryvytska) On October 10, massive Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities also damaged the...
