Category: Expeditions

Surviving the Midnight Sun - The Red Shift of High Arctic Tundra

Guest Author

Despite its stereotypical image as an empty white landscape, the Arctic is replete with colour. In this vivid, almost literary piece, Dr. Gomathy Muthukrishnan explores some of the science behind it.

Information superhighway beneath the ice: Oden loses its way

Heiner Kubny

In the middle of the Arctic Ocean, the Swedish research icebreaker Oden has surveyed the seabed for an unusual infrastructure project.

Arctic tourists make thousands of contributions to science

Yana Kirichenko

A major expedition cruise operator has reported a record 26,491 citizen science contributions from its Arctic voyages during its 130th anniversary year.

Antarctic meteorite reveals the birth of the Sun

Heiner Kubny

A meteorite found in Antarctica preserves traces of a magnetic field from the early days of our solar system.

Russia Counts Its Polar Bears

Polar Journal AG Team

Researchers are counting polar bears in important denning areas of the Russian Arctic, with some preliminary observations pointing to potentially record numbers.

Australia plans four major Antarctic research campaigns

Heiner Kubny

Australia intends to significantly expand its research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the coming years. Four major campaigns are set to investigate ice, sea ice, krill and marine ecosystems.

New project investigates the Southern Ocean

Heiner Kubny

The Southern Ocean and Antarctica are changing rapidly, yet many processes and their impacts on the global climate are still poorly understood.

The huge Arctic archipelago nobody knew existed

Yana Kirichenko

The existence of this Arctic archipelago, almost the size of Switzerland, was unknown until 1913, making it the last large archipelago on Earth to be explored.

Russia maps its historical heritage on Svalbard

Yana Kirichenko

The Russian Geographical Society says it plans to document hundreds of objects linked to Russian history on Svalbard for a new Arctic heritage database and atlas.

Ukraine and Indonesia deepen cooperation in Antarctic research

Polar Journal AG Team

From the tropics to Antarctica, Indonesia and Ukraine are finding new opportunities for scientific cooperation.