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Remembering Ms. Barbara Hillary: First African American to Reach the North and South Pole

Remembering Ms. Barbara Hillary: First African American to Reach the North and South Pole

Posted on 24 January 2021 by Arctic Relations

By Kimberly Aiken This piece is dedicated to African American history, black explorers and black youth everywhere aspiring and daring to dream big. We are the hope and dream of […]

Klaus – A (spoiler-free) Review

Klaus – A (spoiler-free) Review

Posted on 21 December 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Samuel Capper Sergio Pablos’ Klaus follows Jesper, an over-privileged and selfish postal worker trying to earn his way back home after being sent to the northern town of Smeerensburg, “the unhappiest […]

Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week

Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week

Posted on 2 November 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Amber Kraft Only one winner will emerge. Contestants go head-to-head and winning is at the mercy of the participating audience. There are no rules for voting. Some looked at […]

Revisiting Arctic History

Revisiting Arctic History

Posted on 22 September 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Christian Drury In Britain, you are never far from the legacy of empire. The recent protests as part of the wider Black Lives Matter movement have highlighted systemic inequalities […]

Using the Polar Literacy Principles in Science Communication

Using the Polar Literacy Principles in Science Communication

Posted on 17 September 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Janice McDonnell, Science Educator, Rutgers University  In 2015, I had the opportunity to support a team of scientists working on the Long-term Ecological Research program (LTER for short) on […]

Interview: Geoff York – Polar Bears International

Interview: Geoff York – Polar Bears International

Posted on 23 July 2020 by Arctic Relations

In late April, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Geoff York (in front of our respective computer screens) to talk about the state of polar bear conservation and […]

Review: One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

Review: One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

Posted on 22 June 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Max Modell A haunting story of yesterday, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a wholly unique film. It demands that you lean in close, to pick up every […]

Conjuring Matthew Henson: African-American Polar Explorer

Conjuring Matthew Henson: African-American Polar Explorer

Posted on 9 June 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Carole Boston Weatherford When I was growing up in Baltimore, my father taught at Frederick Douglass High School, his alma mater and for years one of only two local […]

Hooked on the Arctic

Hooked on the Arctic

Posted on 1 April 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Irene Quaile Back in 2007, I was sitting in my office at Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. I opened an intriguing email from Soundprint Media, a production company in the USA. They […]

Studies from Siberia

Studies from Siberia

Posted on 9 March 2020 by Arctic Relations

By Sophie Watson As someone whose research lies in the heart of polar ecosystems, I've been lucky enough to visit some of the world's remote and frozen regions. Nothing provokes […]