Arctic Archives

Arctic 25: Rethink your bucket list

You’ve been on safari in Africa, ‘done’ Europe, and cabbed it in the Manhattan traffic. For your next big adventure, go big … go to the Arctic.

Nature & Wildlife

Hit by heatwaves: Antarctica and the Arctic swelter simultaneously. What’s going on and what’s it mean for wildlife?

Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal. What on Earth is going on?

Climate

Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms

For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.

Climate

Moving Arctic solo raises climate awareness

A world-renowned Italian composer has played a melancholy solo piano performance on a floating platform in the Arctic Ocean to send a conservation message to world leaders.

News

Australian photographer recognised at Global Arctic Awards

Joshua Holko named Arctic Photographer of the Year.

Joshua Holko’s award-winning Arctic photography

Australian photographer Joshua Holko won the 2015 Arctic Photographer of the Year at the Global Arctic Awards. His photos artfully capture the Arctic and sub-Arctic’s landscapes, golden sunsets, and animal life.

Arctic and Antarctic images that will leave you breathless

The Global Arctic Awards is a international photography competition that gathers together some of the year’s most spectacular Arctic and Antarctic shots. Photographers from 30 countries participated in the latest competition, with Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen taking out the Arctic Photographer of the Year prize. From the glow of the aurora borealis to the symmetry of polar bears bonding, this year’s winning images show off the sheer magnificence of some of the harshest environments on Earth.