In the interview video posted on You Tube on January 7, 2016, famous american actor and film producer Leonardo DiCaprio indicated that climate change is the biggest problem that mankind has ever had to face… Listen here carefully how concerned he … Continue reading
CHEERS TO A NEW YEAR AND ANOTHER CHANCE FOR US TO GET IT RIGHT FOR THE ARCTIC ! LET’S ALL STAND TOGETHER BY: Helping others, Using kind words, Respecting one another, Giving encouragement, Being nice, Cooperating …and Loving always more … Continue reading
The US President Barack Obama trekked through a remote part of Alaska wilderness to promote action on climate change in a special episode of the British adventurer’s reality show, Running Wild With Bear Grylls. Posting a selfie on the official … Continue reading
The below video is for me the best short clip ever made around Global warming and how we expect world leaders to Act and Take strong measures to Save Our Lovely Nature! This great awareness video was in fact produced … Continue reading
Lately, media around the world are reporting that on June 23, 2015, a group of scientists discovered the bodies of 337 dead cetaceans in the remote waters of Patagonia, Chile, between the Gulf of Penas and Puerto Natales. The cause … Continue reading
Time to Act All Together for Our Lovely Mother Nature and for Our Survival! To help spread awareness, please share this below amazing video! Planet Earth !
CryoSat is an earth explorer satellite mission of the European Space Agency dedicated to measuring changes in polar sea ice thickness and the mass balance of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. The satellite flies at an altitude of just … Continue reading
As climate change accelerates ice melt in the Canada’s Hudson Bay region, polar bears are struggling to survive… On the other hand, we know how Arctic bears are curious and quick learners ready – instead of eating seals – to … Continue reading
Shell announced today – September 28, 2015 – on its website that it was abandoning its controversial Arctic drilling plans North of Alaska in the Chukchi Sea. Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has spent over $7bn on its failed hunt for … Continue reading
Royal Dutch Shell President, Marvin Odum, told NBC News on September 17, 2015 that he’s confident that the $7 billion already spent to find oil under the sea in the Arctic was the right business decision…
Her name is Kerstin Langenberger! This German globetrotter is a great Arctic Nature Lover. In fact, Nature is her life, her joy and her adventure. Kerstin says on her own beautiful website Arctic Dreams: “… I just hope that, one day, … Continue reading
US President Barack Obama opened on the 31st of August 2015 the “GLACIER” conference in Anchorage, Alaska, by declaring in the two below videos: “We are not moving fast enough. None of the nations represented here are moving fast … Continue reading
The White House has announced that US President Obama will be visiting Alaska next week, end of August 2015. Greenpeace is saying: “BUT WHO’S SIDE IS HE FIGHTING FOR?” knowing that his administration recently gave Shell the final permit for … Continue reading
US President Barack Obama will use his trip to Alaska later this month as the backdrop of a message to the world about climate change, he announced in the below video posted on the White House website. Mr Obama said … Continue reading
International Non-Profit Marine Wildlife Conservation Organisation “Sea Shepherd” is reporting on July 24, 2015: “… 142 pilot whales were slaughtered last night on the beach at Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. 1,100 people and more than a hundred boats … Continue reading
Due to the fact that climate change has hit the Arctic so badly, it is since a few years possible – but still with some “nasty” unpredictable ice conditions – to sail in summer over the top of North America in … Continue reading
The magazine Top of the World 2015 (Svalbard Posten) is presenting “Feel inspired by enchanting Svalbard! “, a new wonderful polar article written by Arctic photographer & adventurer Patrick Reader. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is without doubt magic, fascinating and … Continue reading
You certainly can’t miss this amazing Arctic project with code name Arktika 2.0 starting during the summer 2015 till 2017! French polar explorer Gilles Elkaim (55), 7 sled dogs (Khorei, Smou, Kotch, Batou, Tchire, Kisiliak et Pouchkine) and Alexia Nezondet, a young women … Continue reading
The icy Arctic ocean can be an unpredictable force of Nature: capsizing, onboard fires and irreparable damages to your vessel are just a few of the many risks you can face while sailing, working, exploring or cruising in cold waters. … Continue reading
Arctic Monkey, Lou Morgan’s Garcia Exploration 45 sailing vessel, has started her long voyage bound for Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. Accompanied by his wife Zetty and their daughters Zoe, Leah and Rosie, this summer 2015 they will attempt an … Continue reading
The Lie We Live is a powerful short video (see below) created by Spencer Cathcart that exposes the truth about our corrupt world and what humanity has become… Listen carefully! If everyone would hear every word in this video and then act … Continue reading
The incredible polar expedition with code name “Avanaa-Kitaa” is announced for summer 2017! Both team members Charles Manini and Fabrice Enjalbert will have the challenge to navigate by paddle boat (pedalo) +- 3.000 miles along the icy Canadian islands of the famous … Continue reading
The 8th of June is World Oceans Day where people around the world do celebrate, honor and remind how vital the ocean is, its crucial role for humanity! It’s also a perfect opportunity to understand our everyday actions we are … Continue reading
Obama US Administration has given on May 11, 2015 conditional approval to a controversial proposal by Royal Dutch Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean this summer…. The US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy … Continue reading
It’s reported by the Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators that: “…. At a board meeting held in Longyearbyen on April 24th 2015, Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund decided to grant Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) 160.000 NOK (approximately 20.000 USD) … Continue reading
Magdalena bay in Svalbard/Spitzbergen is certainly one of the most breathtaking alpine mountains and glaciers landscape within the Arctic world! Arctic photographer and specialist Patrick Reader has been visiting this spot a few times. Last September 2014, he did some astonishing … Continue reading
The new edition of the federal government’s map of Canada presented a few days ago will likely surprise many of us by showing more sea ice over the Arctic Ocean. This version may be very confusing for the public, young … Continue reading
Both Polar bears & walruses are certainly majestic Arctic creatures! Did you know that underwater walruses can be very curious, even quite agressive to the extent that kayakers are to be very cautious while exploring the Arctic ocean. Watch here … Continue reading
Watch out folks for “Nordaustlandet 2015“! This Arctic kayaking expedition will be without doubt spectacular, exceptional & worth following during this summer 2015! 5 Norwegians (maybe 6) are planning to circumnavigate by sea kayaks one of the most beautiful and … Continue reading
Let’s all be united by switching off our lights for 60 Minutes this Saturday March 28, 2015 at 20h30 to fight symbolically against climate change and to show how vital it is to preserve our environment & planet! All together, … Continue reading
I wanted to put forward this great and educative project named “DAREWIN” which aim to encounter, communicate and collect video and audio footage of wild cetacean behavior. The team is composed of well-known Belgian freediver Fred Buyle, French engineer Fabrice Schnöller and … Continue reading
One must be very carefull to wear serious protection ( don’t look directly at the sun because it could cause you serious harm) when the solar eclipse (a path across the earth’s surface will be plunged into darkness as the moon covers … Continue reading
Polar Bear Day on 27 February celebrates the number one symbol of the Arctic, raising awareness about issues like climate change and oil exploration which threaten the existence of this impressive animal and all his friends the narwal, beluga, seal, … Continue reading
Your are passionate by cycling and by breathtaking northern landscapes, then you will love to watch the The Arctic Race of Norway 2015 taking place between August 13th and August 16th 2015. After having wound through the Norwegian fjords around … Continue reading
According to the January 2015 report by NOAA Climate.gov “Old ice in Arctic vanishingly rare”: …Decades ago, the majority of the Arctic’s winter ice pack was made up of thick, perennial ice. Today, very old ice is extremely rare… The … Continue reading
Claudine Brasseur, Belgian Tv presenter of “Nature & Wildlife” Tv programme Le Jardin Extraordinaire, gives her view on Belgian radio “La Prem1ère” about Patrick Reader’s passion for the Arctic and his French polar book “L’Appel de l’Arctique” (Arctic Calling) including … Continue reading
Benoist Clouet is for sure a talented wildlife photographer and a great lover of the Arctic, in particular the beautiful archipelageo of Svalbard (Spitzbergen). Today, he is presenting us his new English and French book “80°Nord-Svalbard“, a collection of breathtaking Far North … Continue reading
Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert (on the left of the below picture) and Antarctic “zero emission” station “Princess Elisabeth” are under the focus of close media scrutiny! Tv programme “Devoir d’enquête” of Belgian Tv station RTBF has done a journalistic … Continue reading
Several cameras positioned in the icy tundra around the Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba will give you the incredible and unique chance to view live white bears in their habitat at this automn period of the year! The cameras are live between … Continue reading
Les parents de la petite Dora m’avaient suggeré de passer à l’école de leur fille pour partager avec les élèves de sa classe ma passion et mon expérience de l’Arctique. Me voici cordialement invité par Madame l’institutrice Joëlle de la 3ème maternelle de l’Ecole belge … Continue reading
