Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson (1866 – 1955) was a well-known US polar explorer. He was the first African-American polar explorer, having been on a total of 7 expeditions with Robert Peary. By his own account, he was the first man at the North Pole. This...
Little walruses stay with their mother for two years and are protected by her. This works better on sea ice than on land, so female walruses follow the sea ice. Thus, with the disappearance of sea ice, not only the cows suffer, but also the calves. Picture: Michael...
Orcas live in clans led by a female. Depending on whether they are Residents or Transients, the members are more or less closely related to each other. Theoretically, therefore, menopause should occur less or not at all in the leader. But the researchers were wrong....
Biden and Putin signaled a new way of dealing with each other during their meeting in Geneva on Wednesday. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/dpa When the ice melts, people think of the Arctic regions and are deeply concerned – unlike in politics: the fact that the...
The two foreign ministers, Anthony Blinken (left) and Sergei Lavrov (right) have confirmed their attendance at this year’s Arctic Council meeting in Reykjavik, according to media reports. Since both have to be in quarantine due to the regulations in Iceland,...