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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What Would Happen If the Gulf Stream Stopped?

24.05.2005

For most people, slowing or even stopping the Gulf Stream could only be a sci-fi story. This vast oceanic current on the surface of the Atlantic, which runs from the intertropical zone towards the shores of Europe (thus ensuring our warm winters and temperate summers) cannot simply "break down". However,…
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Arctic and Antarctic Research: What Makes Them Different?

24.05.2005

Besides a few obvious similarities, including their remoteness and the coldness of their environment, the Arctic and Antarctic possess striking differences which have impacted on the type and importance of scientific activities being carried out in these regions.
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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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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…