The Belgian post Bpost has issued a special stamp for registered letters with a beautiful & elegant a beautiful and elegant Arctic Tern ! En fait, vous ne le savez peut être pas, son record en distance par an est porté à tout … Continue reading
Belgian explorer Bert Poffé and Spanish adventurer Kiki Nardiz are preparing their next snowshoe expedition planned for 2014 in Quebec (North of Montreal), Canada. Their main objective is to explore and learn Atikamekw‘s traditional ways of winter traveling. Listen here the video teaser of their expedition with … Continue reading
Sailing fans and Arctic lovers will certainly like to read in Belgian magazine Yachting Sud of month of December 2013, the crossing story of the Arctic Northwest Passage achieved this summer by Belgian skipper Nicolas Mouchart. If you wish to … Continue reading
The dog sled race La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc will take place in the French Alpes from the 11th till 22 of January 2014… « … La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc est, depuis sa première édition en 2005, la course internationale … Continue reading
Well-known and friendly Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer is back for a breathtaking and unique Arctic expedition which will be held in April 2014. Dixie and Eric McNair-Landry have set the goal to complete more than 5000 kilometres in a circumnavigation of the … Continue reading
Hihaaaaa! Time today for some real fun & extreme action on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) ! Located in the middle of nowhere in the Barents sea, this small island is at the southern end of the Arctic Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. “Bear island, … Continue reading
Remember those four French handicap divers who did attempt during this month of July 2013 an amazing human and sports challenge to dive in the extreme and cold waters of Sermelik fjord in Greenland near the Inuit village of Tiniteqilaaq… … Continue reading
French navigator Philippe Poupon, his wife Géraldine Danon and their 3 children are sailing around the world. Géraldine Danon has just published a book in French on their sailing experience around Antarctica. It’s titled “Le Continent Inconnu” by éditions Arthaud – 2013. « … Continue reading
Several newspapers are indicating a new Russian mega icebreaker is under construction in St Petersburg Baltic Shipyard and should be ready for Arctic operations in 2017. This vessel at a price tag of 1.1 billion Euro will be powered by two … Continue reading
The British University College of London’s Institute of Ophthalmology has led with their collegues of the Arctic University of Tromso in Norway a research on Arctic reindeers’ eyes. The below video indicates their eyes is changing colors with the season, shifting … Continue reading
Sunday 8 December 2013 from 13 till 21 h will be held in Paris – France at La Maison des Océans a polar event which all sailing lovers will hopefully like to attend to watch films with breathtaking Arctic & South … Continue reading
The Mars Society is seeking six volunteers to participate as members of the crew of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) during an extended simulation of human Mars exploration operations on Devon Island in northern Canada (August 2014 through July 2015). … Continue reading
Shannon Huffman Polson retraces in the below video the dramatic Arctic journey of her parents in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge wilderness in Alaska where they were killed by a grizzly bear while sleeping in their tent. As a matter of fact, she … Continue reading
French organisation Cercle Polaire is organizing in France a conference on Tuesday the 12th November 2013 at 18h30 at the Campus des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, Paris 6ème around the following subject : “Géopolitique du Grand Nord circumpolaire” (Geopolitics … Continue reading
Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior Captain Mr Joel Stewart pleads in the below video for the release of the 30 Greenpeace activists who were arrested by Russian authorities during a protest against Arctic drilling in September 2013. But the so called Arctic … Continue reading
The Guardian is reporting on the 4th of November 2013 ” … A polar bear attack in Canada that left two people injured has brought new warnings from scientists of a dangerous rise in human-bear encounters in a warming Arctic. The friends … Continue reading
The 9th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2013) will be held from 9 to 13 December 2013 at The World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia – Canada and will welcome the participation of researchers, students, policy and decision makers, representatives of government … Continue reading
Black, yellow and red are again at the honnors, here we gooooo Belgium! If our small Belgium country will attend the Brazilian Football World Cup in 2014, Belgian Frederik Van Lierde is certainly one of the most extraordinary athlet … Continue reading
Photographer Sebastião Salgado is presenting till the 5th of January 2014 at Maison européenne de la photographie of Paris in France an exhibition of 245 of his pictures which includes Antarctica. Address: 5/7 Rue de Fourcy – 75004 Paris, France – www.mep-fr.org … Continue reading
International Polar Foundation is inviting Belgian 5th grade classes to participate to the so called “Polar Quest” 2013/14 contest with the teacher of the winning class gaining the opportunity to go and visit Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station with famous Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert … Continue reading
The Arctic Yearbook 2013 has been launched in October, 2013 during the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik. The full publication is available for download on the Arctic Yearbook website >>. The Arctic Yearbook is edited by Lassi Heininen (Editor) with Heather Exner-Pirot and … Continue reading
“Serenity of Antarctica” by photographer Olivia Cheng features 33 photographs being shown at MTR Hong Kong Station’s Airport Express Concourse from 31 October to 14 November 2013 and MTR Olympic Station from 15 November to 5 December 2013. Olvia Cheng travelled … Continue reading
Louisiana Arctic exhibition is going on till February 2, 2014 at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark . This exhibition is exploring the wonderful, fragile, frightening and powerful Arctic world . Arctic is a story about dreams, destiny, adventure and … Continue reading
Huff Post website is indicating on the 25 October 2013 that “… New research shows that average summer temperatures in the Canadian Arctic over the last century are the highest in the last 44,000 years, and perhaps the highest in … Continue reading
International organisation Greenpeace has announced this Wednesday 23 October 2013 that their activists held in prison by Russian authorites where not charged anymore with “piracy” (maximum jail sentence of +- 15 years) but now with “hooliganism” (maximum jail sentence of 7 … Continue reading
French Polar explorer Eric Brossier is informing us in his newsletter dated 22 October 2013 that “… Starting today, TV5 is broadcasting (next date is on the 29/10/13 at 10h) the film “Children of the Cold” (teaser video here below), awarded … Continue reading
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2014 will be held in Helsinki – Finland between the 5 and 12 April 2014 and will include the 2nd Arctic Observing Summit. The conferences will be arranged in the facilities of the University of … Continue reading
The artistic Gallery of French sailing vessel Tara is showing on its online website the work of various artists who have embarked since 2003. “… Artists were invited to freely interpret their voyage aboard Tara, and have used various forms … Continue reading
Be welcome to the cold country of Siberia and attend till November 4th, 2013 in the capital of Belgium Brussels and in France, Paris, the regions of Besançon and Alsace several music concerts, films and conferences around Siberian culture. See … Continue reading
1st week of October 2013, 30 Greenpeace activists (‘Arctic 30’) of the Arctic Sunrise icebreaker were charged with piracy by a Russian court after their team had sent on September 18, 2013 inflatable boats to the Gazprom platform in the the … Continue reading
Come and discover with your family and friends this exhibition around the South Pole “Antarctique, une explosion de vie ” held till the 9th of March 2014 at the Museum d’Histoire Naturel du Havre in France. “… Terre d’exploit et d’aventure, aujourd’hui … Continue reading
During the week-end of September, 30 2013, events have been taking place in Orkney, North of Scotland to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Arctic explorer Dr John Rae. STV News is reporting: “… Rae’s legacy as the discoverer of … Continue reading
As from next summer 2014, well-known skipper Jimmy Cornell will start from London a wonderful round the world sailing rally named Blue Planet Odyssey aiming to raise awareness of the global effects of climate changes on the Arctic pack-ice, the Galapagos islands, the Great … Continue reading
Remember this summer 2013! Four adventurers were attempting a world first incredible expedition by rowing the 3.000 km Arctic Northwest Passage starting from Inuvik in the Northwest Territories of Canada on board their 25-foot long rowing boat “The Arctic Joule”. CBS News has … Continue reading
Be ready to view here below the beautiful French short film “Dans tes yeux – Svalbard – Norvège (In your eyes – Svalbard – Norway)” where a blind journalist Sophie Massieu will bring you to discover the wonders of the Arctic … Continue reading
CBC News is reporting the details of an Arctic Canadian Coast Guard Rescue helicopter which on the 9th of September 2013 crashed in M’Clure Strait’s cold & icy waters on the north shore of Banks Island while out on a reconnaissance mission from … Continue reading
Famous French Arctic adventurer Gilles Elkaim is sharing on his website Arktika his feelings and experience about his summer 2013 Arctic Northwest Passage (Baffin Island in Nunavut to North of Alaska) expedition on board of sailing yacht Arktika… “… Le détroit … Continue reading
The film documentary “Beyond the Challenge” has been launched by Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer and Axa Belgium in order to increase the climate awareness towards a big audience. This polar film “Beyond the Challenge” tells the extraordinary story of … Continue reading
Arctic Frontiers 2014 will be held at the University of Tromso in Norway from Sunday 19 to Friday 24 January 2014. The theme of the conference is ‘Humans in the Arctic’. “… As with previous years the policy section will run … Continue reading
Will be held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on the 12 -13 November 2013 The Maritime & Arctic Security Conference (MAS 13): The Challenge, The Technologies and The People. “…With a focus on Economic Development, Security and Public Safety, MAS13 … Continue reading
