Tag: Dumont d’Urville

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.

Underwater acoustic observatory installed on the east coast of Antarctica

Camille Lin

Against all odds, a team of divers set up hydrophones at a depth of 20 meters to listen to the ocean half a nautical mile from the Dumont-d'Urville station.

Mirny's chief mechanic missing in storm

Camille Lin

A weather phenomenon that is not uncommon in Antarctica has claimed the life of a member of the Russian scientific coastal station on Queen Maud Land.

When a research station blends into the background - the opinion of the Adélie penguin

Guest Author

Penguins and researchers have been living together for over 50 years in Terre Adélie, where scientists from the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé count birds and measure stress hormones in Adélie penguins in order to gain a better understanding of the impact of the environment and human activity on their life cycle.

Ice shelf stability has weakened over eight decades

Camille Lin

Thinning, shrinking, sliding and mega-cracks... Ice shelves in Antarctica have been losing their footing since 1940.

A sporting polar year ahead

Camille Lin

From the Arctic Games to the Southern Games, here's a look back at the competitions that took place in 2023 and will resume next year in a highly sporting year with the arrival of the Olympic Games.

First strategy for Antarctic French Territories’ historical heritage

Camille Lin

A new strategy at the prefecture of the Southern and Antarctic French Territories (TAAF) continues a promising dynamic for France's polar heritage, which is growing with new objects and documents.

Precipitation in Antarctica could increase

Heiner Kubny

Rainfall could increase in amount, frequency and intensity over the next 80 years along the coast of Antarctica, a new study predicts.