Category: Arctic

Meet Sofie Schultz Christiansen - Her story in languages

Polar Journal AG Team

A translator and interpreter since she was a child, Sofie Schultz Christiansen told us about her story, her passion for languages, her travels and her life in Ilulissat.

Meet Palle Jerimiassen - 28 years of politics in Ilulissat

Camille Lin

Having just announced his retirement from political life, the mayor of Ilulissat agreed to meet polarjournal.net and look back on his long career at the helm of the country's 3rd largest city.

The Baffin Island crossing was nothing new

Mirjana Binggeli

A British adventurer recently found herself at the heart of a controversy after claiming to be the first woman to cross Baffin Island solo. Her claims prompted a backlash from Inuit in a backdrop of cultural reappropriation.

Diary of a journey to Greenland: melt day and ice childhood

Polar Journal AG Team

Among the scenes that polarjournal.net witnessed this week were the sudden melting in April, the first signs that winter is ending, and an outing in the fjord with a group of children we met at the ILLU Science and Art Center.

The Polar Retrospective – An Icelandic exhibition in Greenland, the history of the most important ocean current and Nunavut on the show

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we look at an exhibition on the crest line between art and science by an Icelandic artist in Greenland, a new study tracing 800,000 years of climate-ocean interaction in the Southern Ocean and a Netflix series that takes place in an Inuit community.

Diary of a journey in Greenland: from the sky to the old church in Ilulissat

Polar Journal AG Team

Among the scenes witnessed by polarjournal.net this week were a passage over Greenland in a small twin-engined plane and a baptism in a church in Ilulissat dating from 1771.

Meeting Karl Sandgreen in Ilulissat

Polar Journal AG Team

Ice, fishing, education, municipal elections, Greenlandic independence and the tourist economy are all subjects that cross the mind of the director of the Icefjord Center, a resident of Greenland's third-largest city.

Tracking water vapor over Greenland's ice sheet with a drone

Julia Hager

A drone experiment over the Greenland ice sheet has made it possible for the first time to take detailed measurements of water vapor in the atmosphere over Greenland. This new technology could contribute to improving climate models and help to better estimate Greenland's future contribution to global sea level rise.

France Pinczon du Sel and Éric Brossier - Part II: The art of sharing

Camille Lin

In contact with researchers who came to live with them to study the pack ice, the two partners have imbibed a scientific culture that they strive to pass on to interested Inuit and southerners alike.

The Polar Retrospective - A heckled polar ambition, insights from a megaberg, and biosecurity in Antarctica

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world's polar regions. This week we look at the steering of France's polar strategy, gliders collecting data from a megaberg and a research that shows evidence that biosecurity measures work.