The Arctic - Photo Essays - TIME.
The book, ‘Nordmeer’ by Gueorgui Pinkhassov.
The Arctic Sea. Despite its geographical proximity to the North Pole, this most northern sea is full of both mystery and colour. Life-threatening sub-zero temperatures, permanent ice cover, glaringly bright summer nights and fiercely dark winters combine to create both magical moments and extreme dangers. ..
Other Photo Essays from TIME:
Africa Under Water.
Life Beneath Antarctic Ice by Norbert Wu. The book, Under Antarctic Ice.
Related:
Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
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Arctic ice island breaks in half. (BBC News)
The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada’s northern shores has broken in two - far earlier than expected.
Their progress has been tracked amid fears they could edge west towards oil and gas installations off Alaska.
The original Manhattan-sized berg (16km by five km; 10 miles by three miles) broke off the Ayles Ice Shelf in 2005.
It is an unsettling thought that the very ice we landed on - and filmed on - for several hours has since ripped apart.
“The low sea-ice conditions this year have played a role. The sea-ice normally blocks ice inflow into the Queen Elizabeth Islands, but with less ice this year it has made it easier for the Ice Island to make its way in.”
Click here to see the Canadian Ice Service website tracking the ice blocks.
More astounding NASA video: Arctic Sea Ice Loss 1979 to 2007. (desmogblog.com)
Explorers relive ‘nightmare’ of being ringed by Arctic wolf pack. (Times Online)
View pictures of the Arctic wolves up close.
Greenland ice sheet melting at record rate. (Reuters)
“The amount of ice lost by Greenland over the last year is the equivalent of two times all the ice in the Alps, or a layer of water more than one-half mile deep covering Washington DC,” said Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
China’s Glaciers are in Trouble. (celsias.com)
Yes, more bad news about glaciers melting around the world, and this time it is from the “Third Pole” as the Tibet (or Himalayan) Plateau is known.
Nature and Man Jointly Cook Arctic. (Physorg)
Photo Gallery: North Pole Expeditions. (National Geographic)
After several failed attempts, 23 years of effort, and a lifetime of obsession with the Arctic, Admiral Robert Peary led in April 1909 what was then believed to be the first successful expedition to the North Pole.
Why the white wilderness needs our care. (BBC News)
The number of ships visiting the Antarctic is growing; and that brings an increasing risk of accidents that could pollute the coastline and the Southern Ocean. In the Green Room this week, James Barnes says that governments must act now to protect the White Continent.