I wanted to share with you this formidable discovery I made recently: the breathtaking Arctic pictures of French wildlife photographer Vincent Munier. I invite you to view the below video to appreciate together his talent, to understand how much...
International media are reporting that a Chinese merchant cargo The Yong Sheng, a 19.000 tonne vessel operated by state-owned Cosco Group is attempting at the moment the country’s first ever commercial transit of the Arctic Northeast Passage...
Sébastien Lapierre et Olivier Giasson from Canada are achieving at the moment the crossing with their sea kayak of the mythical Arctic Northwest Passage. This amazing polar expedition with code name « Rêve de glace 2013 »...
The French association Pôles Actions has just launched a scientific participative program under the naming Ours polaire (Polar bear) which objective is to invite scientists, Arctic expedition leaders & guides, sailors, wildlife lovers,......
Your are passionate by cycling and by breathtaking northern landscapes, then you will love to watch the very first edition of The Arctic Race of Norway taking place between August 8th and August 11th 2013. The race starts in the city of Bodo...
View here below with attention the image taken on the 22 July 2013 by Washington university webcams at the North Pole. The Arctic pack-ice seems to melt in a critical way as we can spot already at this time of the year some unusual areas of open...
Remember those four French handicap divers who did attempt during this month of July 2013 a wonderful human and sports challenge to dive in the extreme and cold waters of Sermelik fjord in Greenland near the Inuit village of Tiniteqilaaq......
Four adventurers are now attempting a world first incredible expedition by rowing the 3.000 km Arctic Northwest Passage. The crew has set off a few days ago from Inuvik in the Northwest Territories of Canada their 25-foot long, specially built...
Be ready to follow up during this winter 2013-14 the new raid "l'Odyssée sauvage" of French polar explorer Nicolas Vanier: an extraordinary dog sled crossing of more then 4.000km starting in the North of Siberia and ending at the Baïkal icy...
On board of sailing yacht "Perd pas le Nord" (picture here after), Belgian skipper Nicolas Mouchart is aiming this summer to cross from East (Greenland) to West (South Alaska) famous Arctic Northwest Passage (+- 6.000km). One of his objectives...
Let's please welcome on the worldwide web the Asian Arctic Research Programme internet site www.asiarctic.no. It's official launch will take place on June the 13th, 2013 during a seminar titled "Asian countries - Arctic aspirations". In...
Greenpeace has just announced they have achieved an amazing 3 million signatures of passionate people around the world totally concerned about the Arctic & its future. We can do much more! Invite then all your friends to join in Greenpeace...
Let's follow and support during months of June/July 2013 four French handicap persons who will attempt a wonderful human and sports challenge: dive in the extreme and cold waters of Sermelik fjord in Greenland near the Inuit village of...
70 international high school students between 14 and 18 years old will explore this summer the eastern Canadian Arctic (Areas in Nunavut: Pond Inlet, Resolute…) and western Greenland. These Students participating for 15 days to this...
During the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting held in Kiruna, Sweden, the Arctic Ministers signed on the 15th of May 2013 the so called Kiruna Declaration. Today, the Arctic Council is made up of the eight Arctic nations: Canada, Denmark,...
During this month of May 2013, the French sailing vessel Tara will depart for the Great North and is aiming, if the ice and navigation conditions are optimal, to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean (see below map). The objective of this...
Thomas Reutter's 26 minutes documentary (here below) broadcasted this Tuesday 23 of April 2013 on ARTE TV channel is pointing out more largely the following crucial question which concerns each one of us: what type of polluting & toxic waste...
Dear friends, dear visitors, I have the pleasure to announce you the launch of International Polar Organisation Arctic05 new website. It's since 2005 you are following on www.arctic05.org polar news & educational articles. More over 1500...
There is no hesitation to point out the expedition with code name " La Voie du Pôle 2013" will be the polar adventure of the year to follow! Early July, both Frenchmen Sébastien Roubinet & Vincent Berthet will set sail for a world...
The International Polar Foundation (IPF) has published the final report of the "Arctic Futures 2012 Symposium" held last October in Brussels, Belgium. The report aims at giving an overview on what the experts said about essential subjects...
Follow & encourage during the month of April 2013 the Arctic Greenpeace expedition with code name "Save the Arctic North Pole Expedition". Four young people from across the world will be heading by trek with Greenpeace to the North Pole...
Nature conservation organisations, lawyers working for offshore petrolium companies or advising clients for navigation rights along the Arctic ocean, jurists willing to improve their Arctic know-how, judges deciding on the basis of legislation or...
If you are a collector, or willing to make a financial investment, or if you rather a great lover of the Arctic, please discover on the Royal Canadian Mint website its new 2013 series of gold, platinum or silver coins with themes around the...
Dear friends, dear visitors, You wish to know more about how things are going in a polar station in Antarctica? I invite you then to click on the below cover to read Olivier Pierre's exclusive interview for Ice and Green who staid for several...
