Icebreaker to Extract Macquarie Island Researchers Due to Bird Flu Fear
The Australian Antarctic Division (ADD) is preparing to dispatch its research vessel Nuyina to evacuate all the personnel…
Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet ice breaker played music to thousands of ice-trapped whales to save them from starving
Credit: Library of Congress collection. The Soviet Union now belongs largely to memory and history books, and many…
Satellite Images Show How Russia Is Winning the Race for the Arctic
Russia has spent the past decade turning the Arctic into a strategic stronghold. Meanwhile, the US has fallen…
Germany’s icebreaker to get largest ever 360-degree propulsion system
Germany’s icebreaker Polarstern has secured a new groundbreaking propulsion system as part of its next-generation upgrade in a…
Child protection expert calls for classification system for books
A child protection expert is calling for a rating system for young adult books after research found many…