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Dr. Michael Wenger
The Bering Strait used to be a bridge between continents, while today it serves as a place of tug-of-war between the USA, Russia and China.
Ole Ellekrog
To build anything on the Moon, a mineral found in Greenland is needed, so NASA, ESA, and universities across the world are buying more and more of it.
Five unique factors could help Greenland become part of the growing global space industry, astrophysicist tells Polar Journal.
A process that was further developed for practical applications by two research groups at the ZHAW means that water stored in liquid form at temperatures as low as -120 °C can be used to develop life support systems for extreme environments, which could be of great interest to polar stations and communities in the future.
Julia Hager
The TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2 is being developed at the German MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen. It will be tested in Antarctica in 2026 before being used in space.
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Sometimes bad space weather causes our communication systems to break down – particularly in the Arctic. For this reason Ph.D. fellow Sarah Schultz Beeck is developing maps, showing where in Greenland the space weather causes bad or no connection.
Kevin McGwin
The environment the bacteria live in is also found on Mars
Argentina is building a remote-controlled observatory at its southernmost Antarctic station to advance its space exploration.
More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial material rain down on Earth every year, according to research results from Antarctica.
Stefan Leimer
Norway is planning to expand its space activities on the island of Andøya and is building a new spaceport for satellites.
