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Nittaituq, the Inuit facing climate change
Nittaituq means “weather with poor visibility” in Inuktitut. Image: Nittaituq When two scientists team up with a filmmaker, the result is Nittaituq. A short film made in a Nunavut village, documenting...
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The mystery of Wandel Dal
Frederik Fuuja Larsen (on the left) is an archaeologist, and Bianca Perren is a paleoclimatologist. Together they are trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the people of Wandel Dal. Photo:...
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Kerguelen, in Australia’s anxious sights
The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Australia, pictured here in 1937, operated in the Indian Ocean in 1941 during the Second World War. Image: Public domain A study published in the Australian Journal of...
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New online platform to help with Greenland’s mental health crisis
In the new video course, Dina, the host, speaks directly to Greenlanders struggling with anxiety. The course also employs animations like emojis to convey its messages. Photo: Screenshot from...
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New Vostok station goes on a test run
Vostok station will not be fully operational until 2025, but the buildings will already be home to the first overwinterers in the coming austral winter. (Photo: Alexander Kozlov) The new wintering...
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Northern elephant seal bull shows unique behavior
During the breeding season, elephant seals are only concerned with fighting, sleeping and mating. The giants, which can weigh up to 2.5 tons, are quite fierce and when attacking an opponent, they...
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Tested in Antarctica: A trademark that made science profitable
On its website, the outdoor clothing company Faramugo proudly displays its red expedition jacket used by the Czech Antarctic Programme. In the left corner, the trademark “Tested in Antarctica” can be...
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New waterways in Antarctica: a meticulous task
Jacques Bazin, ice pilot with the French Navy: “Navigating in ice is like playing billiards with 150,000 banks, where you have to anticipate and detect passages.” Image: Virgil Decourteille / French...
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Adieu to Malaurie
Jean Malaurie was famous for his work in the Far North, and for his commitment to the Indigenous polar populations. Image: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons French ethnologist and geographer Jean...
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Grands Espaces takes to the air
Airships have been around for more than 100 years. Zeppelins, airships and other types of flying machines filled with lighter-than-air gases have enabled slow, steady travel over oceans and other...
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Environment over tourism on Svalbard: New rules from January 2025
The Gåshamna landing site in the southwest of Svalbard will remain open for expedition cruise tourists. However, the eastern area will only be accessible to 39 people at a time. (Photo: Julia Hager)...
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Vitamin D deficiency in Nunavik, modern diet to blame
Light is one of the essential elements for the synthesis of vitamin D by the skin. Sunset in Nunavik. Image: Martin Tuchschere / Wikimedia Commons A new study has just documented an epidemic of...
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Problems at the Pole
View of the snow overburden on the exterior of the arches containing the Amundsen-Scott Station’s power plant (exhaust pipes on left), logistics warehouse (left doorway), and vehicle maintenance...
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Jellyfish are an important food source during the Arctic polar night
During the polar night of 2022, the Kongsfjord on Svalbard was teeming with jellyfish and cnidarians such as the Aglantha digitale. Photo: Charlotte Havermans, AWI With the help of so-called DNA...
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Plants and carcasses: on land polar bears are on a diet
Thanks to a collar equipped with a GPS and a camera, a research team has been able to track 20 polar bears in Hudson Bay, in order to understand how and what the King of the Arctic eats while on land....
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Should Greenland leave the Danish parliament?
If the politician Pele Broberg could decide, Greenland would pull its two members from the Danish parliament. Photo: Heye, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics say that Greenland’s two mandatory...
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The West risks losing control of the Arctic
A large part of the land mass around the North Pole belongs to Russia. With increasing global warming and melting ice, the Northern Sea Route (blue) will become more important. The sea route through...
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A Changing Narrative on Arctic Food Security – Part 1
Traditional arctic cuisine is experiencing a real facelift and renewed interest these days. Image : Aningaaq R. Carlsen/Visit Greenland In a two-part article, guest author and Professor Doaa...
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The diplomat and the bird, a polar fable
A contemporary French diplomat, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor projects himself into the year 2048, when the Antarctic Treaty expires, the balance of power shifts towards mining or maintaining the embargo,...
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Polar bear photos still have the power to move people
Two polar bears in Northwestern Greenland. Photo: Michael Wenger Samuel Shaw, The Open University A polar bear sleeps perched atop a precariously angled shard of melting ice. The bear’s calm is...
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