Welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. The 27th of February, International Polar Bear Day, provided the perfect occasion to dedicate a post to the "King of the Arctic". In my first blog post about the safety course, I mentioned that many had "warned" me about the polar bears. I was often asked, half-jokingly, "Did …
While many of us associate the Arctic with the icy cold, the west coast of Svalbard hides a surprisingly "mild" climate. We owe this phenomenon to the unique ocean currents that bring warm water from the south. But the dynamics of this process and the interactions with the polar currents shape not only the climate …
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