Picture galleries

This section regroups all picture galleries published on SciencePoles alongside some articles or news. It's currently a bit of a work in progress but more will be added with future articles.

  • The Xue Long (the snow dragon)

    25th Chinare Expedition

    02.02.2009

    Antarctica, however cold and rough, appears to be unequalled when it comes to drawing people together. This was once more illustrated as Jean de Pomereu, a Science Journalist at the IPF, accompanied the 25th CHINARE Expedition and its 204 participants to Antarctica.

  • A Group of APECS members and their PIs after a 72-hour stream tracer experiment in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.

    Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

    20.01.2009

    As the fourth International Polar Year draws to a close, talk of the legacies that the current IPY will leave in its wake has begun to circulate. Established to respond to the specific needs of students and young professionals in the polar sciences, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is turning out to be a surprisingly successful legacy of IPY-4.

  • Nunavik - the northernmost region of Québec

    Monitoring Ice Cover and Arctic Charr Populations in Nunavik

    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 change has on the ecosystems in which the Inuit live will ultimately have an effect on their way of life.

  • Director Anne Aghion during the filming of ICE PEOPLE, which was shot over a four-month period in Antarctica.

    Anne Aghion - Ice People

    08.10.2008

    This picture gallery features pictures taken during the ICE PEOPLE movie. ICE PEOPLE, directed by Anne Aghion, follows 21st-century explorers onto the Antarctic ice, forthe true experience of living and working in the world's most extremeenvironment.

  • Dr Hubertus Fischer cutting an ice core at Kohnen Station, Antarctica

    European Polar Science

    14.07.2008

    This picture gallery illustrates the "Europe's Polar Ambition" special report. It features 3D rendering of the future European Research Icebreaker "Aurora Borealis" and a few pictures related to ice coring.

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