Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace
I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because
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Environment
Ice-Blog: A good haul for polar night team
The Polar Night cruise will come to an end on Tuesday, when the last of the scientists will leave the
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Harbor seals on the rebound in Sweden
Harbor seals are making a comeback in Sweden. According to the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, the number
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Alaska: More than 40,000 earthquakes detected in 2014
The Earthquake Information Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks logged more earthquakes in 2014 than in past years, a
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Ice-Blog: How adaptable are Arctic ecosystems?
The man in charge of this scientific cruise is Stig Falk-Petersen, Professor at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso
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Ice-Blog: Ice and mud, glorious mud
Most of the time our ship is out of range of internet connectivity, so this post will be delivered to
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Ice-Blog: Food and sex in Svalbard’s icy waters?
This is my first post from the Polar Marine Night expedition, from the Kongsfjord in Svalbard. On the flight from
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Ice-Blog: Snow delays? In Norway?
Norway is one place that generally has no problem with a bit of snow, but my flight from Oslo to
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Solar and wind power yield cheapest energy say Finnish experts
Scientists at the eastern Lappeenranta University have calculated that China would become even more profitable if it were to make
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Blog: Landmark UCLA study reveals melting of Greenland ice sheet from top to bottom
Many scientists have studied how the glaciers and big chunks of ice breaking off the edges of the Greenland ice sheet are
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Ocean – “Mare incognitum”
As I continue to prepare for my trip to Svalbard and the Arctic waters around the archipelago, into the Polar
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Ice-blog: Unlocking secrets of the polar night
During visits to Arctic research sites in summer, I have experienced first-hand the energy and inspiration that comes from around-the-clock
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Study shows polar bears relocating to icier Canadian Archipelago
Polar bears are relocating from ice-sparse parts of the Arctic to the Canadian Archipelago, an area with more dependable summer
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Alarm over Kara Sea permafrost thawing
Remember the big sinkhole on Yamal Peninsula discovered last summer? Scientists have now discovered leaking methane gas from the shelf
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Huge amount of oxygen-rich water flows into Baltic
The past few weeks have seen the largest amount of salt water for decades flow into the Baltic Sea from
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