Tag: Arctic

Dubai rowers to brave Arctic to highlight plastics pollution

At an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for an Arctic voyage intended to highlight the perils of marine pollution. Their quest will take the team from one extreme to the next. Home base is the United Arab Emirates, notorious for its sweltering heat, especially in […]

Wildfires ravaging Arctic Circle – EU monitor

Wildfires are once again ravaging the Arctic Circle, the EU’s climate change monitor – Copernicus – is reporting. It is the third time in the past five years that high intensity fires have swept across the region. In a statement released on Thursday, Copernicus reported higher air temperatures and drier conditions in Sakha, Russia, which […]

Scientists Working on Desperate Plan to Refreeze Arctic

Deep Freeze It sounds pretty out-there: to save the snowy Arctic from melting away due to global warming, some scientific experts have been working on plans to hack the entire region’s climate. This doesn’t entail popping the North Pole into an unfathomably large deep freezer like so much ground beef, but it would involve a […]

Putin seeks big expansion of Arctic trade in North-East Passage

Russia wants to roughly quadruple shipping traffic on the North-East Passage via the Arctic Ocean from the 36 million tons moved last year to as much as 150 million tons, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at an economic meeting. “In the future, transport could increase to 150 million tons,” Putin told the 27th St […]

Arctic Trucks and KRUG Expedition Debut Bedrock XT2 Overland Camper

Our first taste in North America of both an Arctic Truck and a KRUG Expedition camper product was just revealed at Overland Expo West. The two companies are hopping into the consumer market on this side of the world with the Bedrock XT2 expedition camper. Let’s dive into what this huge off-grid home on wheels […]