The French documentary film in 3D “Terre des Ours” produced by Guillaume Vincent will be released in France on February 26, 2014. See here below the trailer and the interview of Marion Cotillard. This film looks breathtaking! “… Kamtchatka. … Seguir leyendo
John Kerry, Secretary of US State has announced on February 14, 2014: “…The Arctic region is the last global frontier and a region with enormous and growing geostrategic, economic, climate, environment, and national security implications for the United States and the … Seguir leyendo
You will love this new project coming from Hong Kong, China! “Inspire Me With” is a web project launched in 3 languages (French, English & Chinese) by Sasha O and Nathalie Briand-Hickling. “Inspire Me With” invite artists, photographers, writers and people who do … Seguir leyendo
The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment in 2014. This Symposium will be held in Hobart, Australia from 10 to 14 March 2014. Several topics will be part of the Symposium … Seguir leyendo
The documentary film “Je reviendrai comme un enfant (I will come back as a baby)” by Christian Merlhiot will be released in France as from February 26, 2014 – See here below trailer movie: “… Une petite communauté inuit de l’Arctique canadien. … Seguir leyendo
“… Inge Wegge et Jorn Ranum spent nine months of cold, Norwegian winter in the isolated and uninhabited bay of a remote, arctic island by the coast of Northern-Norway, facing nothing but the vast Atlantic Ocean. There they built a cabin out of … Seguir leyendo
Claudine Brasseur, Belgian Tv presenter of “Nature & Wildlife” Tv programme Le Jardin Extraordinaire, gives her view on Patrick Reader’s French polar book “L’Appel de l’Arctique” (Arctic Calling). Listen here below her comments => – On “Belgian Radio La Première during the … Seguir leyendo
The Arctic Winter Games 2014 is high and wonderful profile Circumpolar Sport competition for Northern, Inuit Eskimo and Arctic athletes taking place this time in Fairbanks, Alaska from March 15 to 24, 2014! Over 2,000 athletes, coaches and cultural delegates will … Seguir leyendo
German, Cornelius Strohm and Frenchman Michael Charavin have set the goal to complete in full autonomy more than 5000 kilometres in a circumnavigation of the Greenland icecap by kite and skis. They will start their Arctic expedition on the 20th of April … Seguir leyendo
Helen Roos of Roos-Remillard Consulting Services is the principle researcher of a report of 144p. in November 2013 on Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in Nunavut, North of Canada. This report entitled “Service and Capacity Review For Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking … Seguir leyendo
The 4th European Marine Board will host on the 12 March 2014 in Brussels – Belgium a Forum on the Arctic under the theme “Arctic 2050, towards ecosystem-based management in a changing Arctic Ocean”. The 4th European Marine Board Forum … Seguir leyendo
The 44th Annual International Arctic Workshop will be held 15-16 March 2014 on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA under the theme: Arctic new normal – shifting environmental baselines over decades to millennia and comparisons with the … Seguir leyendo
Stéphanie and Jérémie Gicquel are Polar regions lovers! They have been to Svalbard, Greenland, Antarctica by ski, sail, foot and even participated last April to the North Pole marathon (see below video). This November, these two young French lawyers have the desire to achieve the … Seguir leyendo
The exhibition Encore! runs at The Copper House Gallery in Dublin, Ireland until the 21st February 2014. Irish photographer David Walsh will present several of his beautiful Arctic and South Pole pictures. Address: The Copper House Gallery – St Kevin’s Cottages – Synge Street … Seguir leyendo
Frozen Planet in Concert: attend a spectacular show with breathtaking HD Arctic and South Pole film imagery combining Philharmonia live orchestral music! Announced in Brussels – Belgium for the 31/10/14 at the concert hall of Forest National. “… Vivez une … Seguir leyendo
We are just informing you that friends of well-known Belgian Polar explorer Alain Hubert, President of the International Polar Foundation and ambassador of the Belgian Polar Antarctica Station Princess Elisabeth have initiated a Support Committee in response to several press … Seguir leyendo
CBC News North reported on Januray 10, 2014 that 45 people among a population of +- 35.591 died by suicide in Nunavut (North of Canada) in 2013 which is the highest number recorded for any given year since the territory’s creation … Seguir leyendo
The Clipperton Project (TCP) is announcing their new expedition to South Georgia, in March 2014, during which they will be undertaking work and studies on topics including microplastics, overfishing, invasive species and a survey of the rapidly declining population of the incredible Wandering … Seguir leyendo
NASA and US Geological Survey have indicated on December 9, 2013 that the coldest place on Earth (- 93, 2° Celsius (135,8° Fahrenheit)) was set on August 10, 2010 near a high ridge between Dome Argus and Dome Fuji, two summits on the ice sheet … Seguir leyendo
According to a new report released on the 12th December 2013 by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): “… Many regions and components of the Arctic environment were closer to their long-term averages, but the effects of a persistent warming … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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, … Seguir leyendo
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… … Seguir leyendo
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. « … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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). … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
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 … Seguir leyendo
