I'm looking forward to spring and summer. There is still a lot of snow on the ground here. #bloomscrolling #arctic #gardening

🗣️ How A Journalist Divided A City (A free, 38-minute podcast from 2023)

Tags: #Journalism #Mind #Society #Polarization #Arctic
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/journalist-explorer_harford-tim

Poles Apart: How A Journalist Divided A City

Frederick Cook has just returned from the very roof of the world, the first man to reach the North Pole. Or so he says. Journalist Philip Gibbs has been watching him, and he’s convinced he’s lying.

The Open Buddhist University
5 projects vie for $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
In the $1-million category, there are two projects from Nunavut, one from the N.W.T., one from the Yukon and one that spans Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.
#competition #money #Arctic #Nunavut #NWT #Yukon
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/5-projects-vie-for-1m-arctic-inspiration-prize-1.7510981?cmp=rss
5 projects vie for $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize | CBC News

In the $1-million category, there are two projects from Nunavut, one from the N.W.T., one from the Yukon and one that spans Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.

CBC
What Arctic (in)security looks like in Canada’s North

As the leaders of the major parties make election promises about Arctic security, CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault goes North, where a history of unfulfilled government promises has left strong opinions about what needs to happen next.

CBC

This talk is quite old, but I remember it being very interesting to see in Berlin at the 24c3 in 2007.

The topic about the access to resources in the arctic is now even more relevant and shows why the USA are interested in Grönland.

- https://media.ccc.de/v/24c3-2158-en-the_arctic_cold_war

#ccc #24c3 #arctic #resources #politics

The Arctic Cold War

Russia, Canada, the United States and Denmark are each pushing for more control and access to the resources of the Arctic. In the balance...

Canada should move its capital city to the Arctic to get away from Americans.
#canada #ottawa #usa #arctic #americans #capitalcity

I've added a new visualization of #Antarctic sea ice thickness averaged by year, which parallels my version for the #Arctic by design. However, unlike the Arctic, there aren't any obvious long-term trends (annual mean).

➡️ Graphic will be updated yearly at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-figures/. GIOMAS data.

Polar Climate Change Figures

Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea Ice E…

Zachary Labe
Svalbard population map: Finally a population density map that's easy to read
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1jyscvw/oc_population_in_the_norwegian_and_foreign/
#svalbard #norway #arctic #funny #maps #+

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 7th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 250,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 540,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,560,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More plots: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent

My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…

Zachary Labe

"Murder in the Arctic" would also be a suitable sitle. The #book focuses on C.F. Hall's last expedition. Richard Parry goes into the details of the expedition, the shortsighted way in which the expedition members were chosen, showing that Hall was murdered, who did it, and how.
"Trial by Ice"

#book #arctic #goodread