Ultima Thule

Ultima Thule! Utmost Isle!

Here in thy harbors for a while

We lower our sails; a while we rest

From the unending, endless quest

Saturday, 25 July 2015

Skarvanes and Sandúr in Sandoy

All these are in the Faroe Islands, and there are more: Skálavik, Skopun... Skarvanes is a settlement in the west coast of Sandoy, on...

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Good! Thick sea ice persisted northwest of Greenland !

As I showed in a previous post, this was not a bad year for Arctic ice. In fact, the volume of Arctic sea ice increased by a third followin...

Sunday, 5 July 2015

Ulukhaktok (Holman), Victoria Island:
- an arctic hamlet with a native art centre

In the Nunavut region of the eastern Arctic Archipelago, Victoria Island is a medium size island (the eighth largest island in the wor...

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Arctic Ice report 2015

Bad, but could be still worse. The ice extension is a little under average in the Arctic; there are regions where it exceeded the usual exp...

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Solstice this Sunday:
longest day, longest night

On this 21st of June, 7% of mankind will have no daylight, but a long 24 hours night. On the other hand, in Europe and North America, this s...

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