Articles & Interviews
Sciencepoles articles look at key findings from a range of polar science and research fields. Our articles RSS feed will inform you when new articles are published on this website.
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DAMOCLES Scientists Convene in Brussels
17.11.2009
From the 10th to the 12th of November 2009, the DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) project held a symposium in Brussels, Belgium. The symposium gathered more than 150 scientists involved in the EU-funded research project so they could debate and discuss the results of…
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Igor Krupnik: Documenting Arctic Peoples Knowledge and Use of Sea Ice
06.10.2009
Indigenous people who live on the Chukchi Peninsula in the Russian Far East and in Western Alaska have experienced a dramatic shift in their sea ice use and knowledge over the past two generations. Several indigenous languages traditionally spoken in the region are on the decline, and in many communities…
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Examining Indigenous Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
05.10.2009
For many indigenous communities that have lived in the Arctic for millennia, sea ice has been an integral part of their living environment. As a place where they have spent a significant part of their lives hunting, fishing and even dwelling on the ice, the intimate understanding of sea ice…
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Karin Lochte on the Work of the Alfred Wegener Institute
20.08.2009
Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) carries out cutting edge research in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as in the high and mid latitude oceans. A biological oceanographer involved in climate change research, Professor Karin Lochte became Director of AWI in 2007. Earlier in her career, she was professor of…
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Karl Erb on US Polar Research Logistics and Policy
19.06.2009
In this interview, Dr. Karl Erb, Director of the United States Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the National Science Foundation (NSF), discusses recent and future developments in U.S. polar research, logistics, and policy.
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Karl Erb on US Participation in the International Polar Year
18.06.2009
In this interview, Dr. Karl Erb, Director of the United States Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), discusses the involvement of the U.S. in the 2007-08 International Polar Year (IPY), its benefits and legacies.
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Igor Krupnik on the Social Sciences in the IPY: The Legacy of the Social Sciences
22.04.2009
As a cultural anthropologist and curator of Arctic and Northern ethnology collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., USA, Dr. Igor Krupnik, Ph.D., has done extensive fieldwork in Alaska and along the Russian Arctic coast, and has worked on several projects studying the impacts…
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Igor Krupnik on the Social Sciences in the IPY: Promoting Reciprocity towards Arctic Residents
17.04.2009
Dr. Igor Krupnik, Ph.D., is cultural anthropologist and curator of Arctic and Northern ethnology collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., USA. He has done extensive fieldwork in Alaska and along the Russian Arctic coast, and has worked on several projects studying the impacts…
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David Carlson on the IPY: Tacking Stock and Looking Forward
11.03.2009
To mark the end of the 4th International Polar Year's official research period on the 28th of February 2009, SciencePoles interviewed Dr. David Carlson, Director of the IPY International Programme Office (IPO) about the IPY, its achievements, its limitations and itslegacies.
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica: A Marvel of Sustainable Development
06.03.2009
On February 15th, 2009, the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation (IPF) officially inaugurated the new Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station, the very first Antarctic research station ever designed and built to run entirely on renewable solar and wind energies.The new "zero emission" Belgian research station is the only research platform completed during…
