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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Thermophilic Bacteria in Lake Vostok
24.05.2005
Glaciers sometimes hide a lake under their thick layers of ice. And some of these lakes fascinate researchers, particularly because they may contain as yet unknown life forms. In the Antarctic, beneath the Vostok research station, such a lake, of gigantic proportions (a surface area of 14,000 km2), is whetting…
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Ice Coring: In Whisky Veritas
24.05.2005
Interview with one of the founding fathers of ice coring, Claude Lorius.
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The Aurora Borealis: Proposal for an Advanced European Icebreaker
24.05.2005
Sediment deposits, lying deep beneath the Arctic Ocean floor, hold the key to understanding the region's climate history, and its effect on the global environment over many millions of years. Drilling for this information while operating in pack ice, however, is a very delicate and costly operation that requires state-of-the-art…
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IceCube: Antarctica’s Crystal Ball
24.05.2005
Buried deep within the East Antarctic ice sheet at the South Pole, a giant high-energy neutrino observatory due for completion in 2009 could provide scientists including from Europe with an unprecedented window to the Universe, as well as a means to answer some of the most fundamental questions of astrophysics…
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Polar Armada: Europe’s Polar Research Vessels
24.05.2005
Polar research vessels owned or operated by European countries range from Germany's icebreaker, Polarstern, currently the most sophisticated polar research vessel in the world, to the Polish Academy of Science's three mast, ice-strengthened S/Y Oceania. Together these vessels form a veritable "polar armada" capable of providing tailored platforms for all…
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More of Europe at High Latitudes
24.05.2005
Europe is not lagging behind in terms of polar research, it has a prestigious past, and its current expertise is acknowledged worldwide. As we come to the International Polar Year in 2007-2008, Gérard Jugie, Chairman of the European Polar Board (EPB) and Director of the French Paul Emile Victor Polar…
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The European Polar Board
24.05.2005
Established in 1995, the European Polar Board (EPB) is the European Science Foundation's strategic advisory committee on science policy in the polar regions. It comprises 19 European Union and pre-accession countries, as well as external members such as the Russian Federation.
