December 2010
The true North Pole conquered by Russians !
The event that caused a diplomatic explosion: August 2, 2007, a Russian expedition planted their national flag at a depth of 4261 meters and a latitude of 90° north. Technological achievement or manifestation of force ?
On 2 August 2007, a Russian submersible planted a flag at a depth of 4,261 metres at the Geographic North Pole. The event, broadcast almost live on Russian television, was quick to spark irritated reactions on the part of the governments of the other circumpolar nations, who took the Russians to be making a territorial claim for the Pole. Against this backdrop, it may be worthwhile to look...
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December 2011
Geoff Mosley has joined the Call of the Poles
I first became involved with Antarctica’s future when in 1974 a number of Antarctic scientists asked me as Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) for our help in protecting Antarctica. This was a personal...
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December 2011
The Call of the Poles exhibition in Monaco
Dans le cadre du 100e anniversaire de la conquête du pôle Sud par le norvégien Roal Amundsen le 14 décembre 1911, la société monégasque...
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Monitoring
Spring 2010
By Jean-Claude Gascard, oceanographer, France
Actions
Resources
The Arctic Ocean belongs to whom
By Martin Pratt, geographist, UK
Olga Letykai Csonca recital in Saint-Brieuc (Brittany)
Video archives of the 3rd festival polaire de Bretagne
Events
“The Call of the Poles” Exhibition at the Explorers Pub in Monaco
