Olivier Poivre d’Arvor: “France is a great polar nation”
MAINTENANCE - Unveiled on Tuesday, the first French Polar Strategy aims to better fund research and strengthen the French presence...
Antarctic
In Antarctica, five weeks with the scientific expedition, aboard the sailboat Tara
GREAT REPORT - We were able to board Tara, the legendary scientific sailboat, during an expedition to the Weddell Sea....
Antarctica: French polar research suffers
STORY - Despite the government's promises, the French Polar Institute loses its director general, tired of not receiving the promised...
“The melting of ice is accelerating in all regions of the planet”
INTERVIEW – Éric Rignot is a specialist in melting ice, a researcher at JPL (Nasa/Caltech) and professor of geosciences at...
Unusual heat wave hits Antarctica
DECRYPTION - Historically high temperatures, more than 30°C above average, have been recorded. In the coldest region in the world,...
The wreck of the Endurance discovered in 3000 m depth off Antarctica
STORY - The ship had remained trapped in the Antarctic ice for almost a year, in 1915, before a heroic...
Antarctica: the Chinese extend their influence on the sea ice
STORY - The 54 Antarctic Treaty countries are currently discussing the future of the White Continent in Paris. From the...
Antarctica: crying lack of funding for French polar research
While the international Antarctic meeting is being held this year in Paris, and despite its two permanent bases on the...
With Polar Pod, Jean-Louis Étienne sets out to discover the Southern Ocean
This scientific mission aboard an astonishing “vertical ship” is due to be launched in 2023. Jules Verne could have imagined...
