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Polar Panorama Gallery

On this page, we showcase a selection of the first contributions to the Polar Panorama!

Please note: This page serves as a preliminary version, designed to share the earliest contributions to the public. We are currently working on an enhanced version of this webpage, which will feature an interactive map-gallery design to better showcase the received contributions. In the meantime, we kindly invite you to explore the current submissions and encourage you to share your own insights.

First insights

“… This natural spectacle is increasingly in danger. Because if the Antarctic ice melts, the food supply for the penguins will either disappear and/or change …”
I. Jucker

Location:
Somewhere on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Time:
2005

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More Contributions

Greenland: Melting permafrost

“… In Sisimiut, the women tell me that they can no longer process as much wool because the musk oxen produce less undercoat in their fur as temperatures have risen. …”
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Greenland’s calving Eqi Glacier

“… The Eqi Glacier, also known as Eqip Sermia, has shrunk in the meantime and is now a little further away from the camp. The glacier calves very frequently …”
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The polar bears of Svalbard/Spitsbergen

“… The ice reached right up to the north coast of the island. Today, this is no longer a question: in summer, the way around Spitsbergen is always clear …”
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"Can this ship master the infamous Drake Passage unscathed? Why is the passage so infamous? Well, the Pacific and the Atlantic meet here and must pass through the relatively narrow passage between South America and Antarctica. Often enough, there are strong storms, the waves can get up to 10 m high or more ..."
Gabriela Kern

 Through the Drake passage to Antartica

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Spitsbergen

“… the ice is melting. I visited Spitsbergen twice, in 2016 and 2018. Even in two years you can see the difference. …”
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Atka Bay

“... the corner of a huge iceberg broke off … ”
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