International
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.
Tag: Arctic
News
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?
Science & Environment
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.
News
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.
Science & Environment
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.
Science & Environment
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.
News
1800s British expedition shipwreck found in the Arctic
Australia has played a role in finding a missing British polar expedition vessel that went missing in 1846
Adventure
Video: Exploring Greenland, frontiers of climate change
Dean Miller, Aaron Jamieson have explored Greenland to document climate change impacts
Adventure
Greenland: Frontier of climate change
In the name of conservation, a team of Australian explorers captures the transient and beguiling beauty of East Greenland.