1st May 2014, Greenpeace activists blocking Russian Arctic oil tanker!
...
Ice – Ocean – Climate – Pack Ice – Mountains – Pollution – Weather
-
-
Thanks to this young boy of 8 years old, we Love so much the Arctic!
Sa maman m'a contacté pour m'indiquer à quel point elle était super fière de savoir que son fiston Mateo est fasciné par les animaux et les glaces du Grand Nord. Fin mars 2014, ce garçon de 8 ans a présenté et partagé sa passion pour le...
-
Here we go Belgium 4 a New Arctic World Record! Exclusive interview of incredible Polar Explorer Dixie Dansercoer!
Be ready to follow this April, May and June 2014 what could be a new Arctic world record by Belgian Polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer (pictures here below)! Dixie and his expedition partner Eric McNair-Landry have set the goal to...
-
The Adventure ebook guide of the Year ! Plan your next journey somewhere so special!
The Adventure Playbook is a free download wonderful ebook available guide written by Australian adventurer & lover of the outdoors Clark Carter featuring 100 glorious pages chock full of great adventure ideas, how-to guides and snippets of...
-
French Polar Nights in Paris…
La Géode (Imax cinema) in Paris, France will held the "Nuits Boréales" on March 28 & 29, 2014 (evening schedule) where the public will be able to view differents Polar films... March 28, 2014, 3 movies will be shown...
-
Let’s view Polar bears habitat via Google Street View…
Since February 27, 2014 and in honour of International Polar Bear Day, one can now pay a virtual visit via Google Street View to white Arctic bears on the wonderful tundra lanscape of remote town of Churchill in Northern Manitoba in Canada, home to...
-
Arctic film: Babouchka, l’enfer du pôle! An incredible journey at the heart of the Arctic Ocean!
French Arctic film "Babouchka, l'enfer du pôle" produced by Thierry Robert is about the expedition of two French explorers Vincent Berthet & Sébastien Roubinet attempting to cross during summer 2013 the Arctic ocean via the North pole on...
-
Save or Sink the Arctic? We can all do much more 4 the Arctic! Sign & Share Greenpeace petition!
It's more than time to act all together for the Arctic and for each one of us to first understand why the Arctic is so vital (here below explanation)! In this respect, sign and share Greenpeace' "Save the Arctic" petition to demand world leaders...
-
Iditarod, a dog sled race over the most beautiful Alaskian tundra and mountains…
Iditarod Last Great Sled Race on Earth - edition 2014 will take place as each year in the beautiful wild nature surroundings of Anchorage and Nome in US state of Alaska. The 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race with its 70 mushers signed up to run the...
-
How parasite secreted by cats are now infecting Arctic Beluga Whales? Inuits are at risk!
According to findings by experts from the University of British Columbia presented on February 13, 2014 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference (AAAS), the potential deadly parasite called "Toxoplasma gondii" (can...
-
A new concept from Hong Kong “Inspire Me With”…Patrick Reader!
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,...
-
International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment!
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...
-
Surfing on the coldest wave with the film North of the Sun!
"... 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...
-
Claudine Brasseur amazed by polar book L’Appel de l’Arctique!
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...
-
Snowkite and skis on the Greenland icecap…
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...
-
Two lawyers for an exceptional ski expedition across Antarctica…
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. This November, these two young French lawyers have the...
-
Encore! A winter exhibition with Irish artists…
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...
-
The coldest place on Earth at – 135,8° Fahrenheit…what a record!
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...
-
The Arctic Report Card 2013…What’s new?
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...
-
The Arctic Northwest Passage by skipper Nicolas Mouchart…
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...
-
Be ready for the French dog sled race La Grande Odyssée…
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...
-
Let’s goooo sea, surf and fun on Bear island…hihaaaa!
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...
-
A wonderful lesson of life! 8 beautiful minutes with handicap divers in Greenland…
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...
-
Mega huge Russian icebreaker under construction for Arctic control…
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...
-
Mars Arctic 365 Mission is searching for volunteers…
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...
-
Sailing around the Arctic & Antarctica with breathtaking images…
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 Pole landscapes and meet...
-
ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting!
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...
-
More polar bears attacks due to warming Arctic?
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 had just...
-
Here we go Belgium 4 the Arctic!
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 in...
-
Louisiana Arctic exhibition: dream, destiny, adventure & beauty!
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...
-
Defending the Arctic isn’t a crime, don’t you think ?
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 Pechora...
-
Who did discovered the Arctic Northwest Passage, John Franklin or John Rae?
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 the...
-
All together for the Blue Planet Odyssey – 2014-2017!
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...
-
4 rowers spotting grizzly bears roaming in polar bears Kingdom…
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...
-
The wonderful eyes of a blind journalist to discover the Arctic archipelageo of Svalbard!
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 archipelageo of...
-
Details of a helicopter crash in the freezing Canadian Arctic ocean!
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...
-
Souvenirs of sailing yacht Arktika in the Canadian Arctic!
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...
-
Beyond the Challenge, an unique Antarctic Ice expedition film!
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...
-
The Maritime & Arctic Security Conference, 2013!
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...
-
The International Snow Science Workshop in France!
The International Snow Science Workshop will be held for the first time in France from October 7th to October 11th, 2013 at the Alpexpo in Grenoble. This event has the goal of promoting interactions and exchanges between practitioners and...
