Belgo-Japanese cooperation in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Kazuyuki Shiraishi discusses the research Japanese teams have been conducting in the Sør Rondane Mountains and the decades-long collaboration they have had with the Belgians.
Articles & Interviews
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The rapid thinning of West Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier
NASA's Robert Bindschadler chats about Pine Island Glacier, a rapidly-moving glacier draining ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Collecting meteorites in Antarctica with a team of Japanese researchers
Belgian researcher Steven Goderis talks about his involvement in an expedition to search for meteorites with a Japanese team during the 51st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE 51).
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China’s 26th Antarctic research expedition (CHINARE 26)
SciencePoles caught up with Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) to hear about the goals of the 26th CHINARE and China's future polar research plans.
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The Arctic LTER project: Arctic tundra ecosystem research
John Hobbie explains the changes that have taken place over the past 30+ years in the Toolik Lake region and discusses what this means for the future of Alaska's North Slope.
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DAMOCLES scientists convene in Brussels as project comes to a close
The DAMOCLES symposium gathered more than 150 scientists in Brussels. They debated discussed the results of their observations and models.
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Modelling ice sheets and ice-ocean interactions
Glaciologist and ice sheet modeller Frank Pattyn explains what ice sheet grounding lines are. He then details what their potential impacts on future sea level rise could be.
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How climate change and socio-economics affect Greenland Inuit
Lene Kielsen Holm explains Inuit efforts to preserve their indigenous knowledge and heritage in the face of climate change and socio-economics factors.
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Investigating what Canadian Inuit know about sea ice
Claudio Aporta explains his research to document and map the ways in which Canadian Inuit use and talk about sea ice both yesterday and today.
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Documenting Arctic peoples knowledge and use of sea ice
Igor Krupnik from the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center discusses an IPY project trying to preserve indigenous Arctic people's knowledge of sea ice.
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Examining indigenous sea ice knowledge and use
The SIKU project aims at better understanding the relationship between Arctic indigenous communities and sea ice and how their knowledge and use of sea ice has evolved in the face of climate change and other factors.
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Current understanding and ongoing research of Antarctic subglacial lakes
Martin Siegert discusses current understanding and ongoing research of Antarctic subglacial lakes.