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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The LGP: Using the Victoria Land Coast as a Proxy for Climate Change in Antarctica
19.02.2009
What might happen to terrestrial and marine ecosystems in the Antarctic as climate change progresses is a question that has interested researchers working on the planet's southernmost continent for some time.
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Inauguration of Kunlun Station at Dome Argus
06.02.2009
With the inauguration on Kunlun station at Dome A, it can be said that man has effectively colonized the Earth's last great terrestrial frontier, as well as one of the most remote and inhospitable locations anywhere on Earth.
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Farewell to the Xue Long and Chinare 25
08.01.2009
Today, sixteen days after leaving Zhongshan Station, the Dome A traverse team are over 1,000 kilometres inland, and less than 200 kilometres from Dome A. Having attained an altitude of over 3,500 metres, oxygen levels are already much reduced and the temperature has dropped to below -30 degrees centigrade. Two…
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Adam Lewis on Using Indigenous Knowledge in Monitoring Arctic Ice Cover
29.12.2008
For more than three decades the Nunavik Research Centre (NRC) in Kuujjuaq, Quebec (which falls under the direction of the Makivik Corporation, the official body that legally represents and serves the needs of Inuit communities in Quebec under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement) has been using traditional ecological…
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Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Data to Improve Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
25.12.2008
As the climate changes in the Arctic, indigenous communities living in the Far North are seeing an impact on the environment around them. As these communities depend heavily on living natural resources such as fish, beluga whale, seals and other animals as a primary source of subsistence, any impact climate…
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Dome A Traverse and Kunlun Station
18.12.2008
This morning, we finally got to wave goodbye to the Dome A traverse team of 28 men. After six weeks of immersion in the 25th Chinese Antarctic Expedition and the emotional speeches and storytelling at the banquet the night before, it was very moving to witness the spontaneous outburst of…
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Frozen Grail: Dome A and the Future of Ice Coring in Antarctica
16.12.2008
Understanding the history of the Earth's climate and atmosphere is not simply an intellectualcuriosity; it is a necessity if we hope to predict and prepare for the impact of human-induced global warming on the global environment.
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Ice Ocean and Atmosphere Science at Zhongshan Station
08.12.2008
First a weather update: The last week has brought us two force ten gales lasting 48 hours each. According to meteorologists here as well as those from the neighbouring Russian station and Australian station (100km away), this is unusual for this time of year. The same is true for the…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: So near So Far
24.11.2008
The pursuit of science in Antarctica has always been a human and logistical challenge. Not many fields of research are as dependent on a combination of environmental conditions, human ingenuity, and logistics. There is no easy way to get to Antarctica, and ice - which defines the continent - remains…
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Accompanying China to Antarctica
14.11.2008
It is a paradoxical, but arresting thought that the only continent without an indigenous human population has been the most apt at drawing peoples together. Starting with the Swedish-Norwegian-British expedition of 1949-52, and further reinforced by the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58, the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in…
