Join us this Sunday, June 22 at NONAM. The Zurich-based museum welcomes Indigenous artists, creators, and representatives from the Yukon and Norway for a day of festivities and intercultural dialogue.
In an article for Polar Journal AG, Marie-Noëlle Rimaud advocates "finding a way out from the top, through intelligence". The lecturer and researcher in tourism economics and management calls for the development of a win-win strategy between foreign investors in the tourism sector and the island's inhabitants, who see the importance of this sector for the future of their economy.
Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit presented plans for nuclear-powered submarines to transport Arctic LNG to the different markets. According to the ministry, such vessels would be able to cover the Northern Sea route in 12 instead of 20 days. However, international experts doubt that Russia can move forward with these plans due to international sanctions in place.
interestingengineering.comThe Canadian Competition Bureau recommends significant changes for the two Canadian domestic carriers Air Canada and Westjet to make air travel to the North more attractive: Changes in carrier ownership and opening the market to allow more competition. Tis could lower the prices and improve services, according to the authorities.
www.rcinet.caBased on observations from 2010 to 2020 in Ryder Bay (Antarctica), a study published on June 18 in Communications Earth & Environment shows that extended and prolonged winter sea ice promotes CO2 uptake (by up to 20%) by limiting the upwelling of carbon-rich deep water.
www.nature.comBlowing snow away and exposing dark ice, katabatic and foehn winds enhance surface melting of glaciers in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica - a key factor that could intensify in the future, according to a study published on June 12, 2025, in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
www.sciencedirect.comIce still plays a major role in phytoplankton production around Antarctica, we learn in Communications Earth & Environment on June 12, but this time it's the ice cap's meltwater that compensates for the retreat of the ice pack and becomes key in the polar marine ecosystem.
www.nature.comHe drives around icebergs and tells whale stories. Jens Lyberth Svenningsen is originally from southern Greenland, but after working in Denmark as a chef in an international context, he settled in Ilulissat and worked in the fishing industry. He is now employed by a local tourism company to run cruises in Disko Bay aboard an aluminum boat.
Jens Lyberth Svenningsen, local guide in Ilulissat.
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