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December 2021

EU calls for freezing fossils fuels in the Arctic

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The European Union's strengthened engagement in the Arctic, presented on 13 October, marks two new directions in the Union's diplomatic positioning: a strategic and security turn, and the absolute priority given to the fight against climate change...

September 2019

The Call of the Poles By President Chirac

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When I discovered the existence of the International Call of the Poles, in which my friend, the former Prime Minister Michel Rocard, has taken an active part, I was convinced that here was a serious undertaking. The First Nations immediately came to mind, as I have long defended their rights in international circles. Jean Malaurie, friend and ethnologist, was the first person to tell me about the populations that live in the circumpolar Arctic regions. I have since followed with much interest and even passion their destiny. My first trip to the Arctic was in 1997 during a visit to Saint Petersburg where I met teachers of the Polar Academy who train indigenous youths from the Russian Arctic...

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May 2019

The savior of the Antarctic Robert Hawke has died at the age of 89 years old

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The french NGO le Cercle Polaire mourns the loss of the Australian former Prime minister Robert Hawke who died at the age of 89 years old. In a last hommage paid by Australian press media, the daily digital newspaper 7NEWS.com.au celebrated him as a “great Australian” and....

April 2019

The return of the USA to Iceland

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Quand l’Amérique s’absente d’une partie du monde, les souris accourent ! C’est en substance, le message que le Secrétaire d’État américain Michaël Pompeo était venu délivrer aux officiels islandais à l’occasion d’une courte escale à Reykjavik, le 15 février dernier, stigmatisant ouvertement le positionnement stratégique de puissances adverses de l’Amérique dans l’Arctique de l’Est, notamment en « terre de glace ». Le but affiché de cette halte islandaise était double : évoquer les questions de défense....

May 2018

Winter 2017 - winter 2018
Two records low in winter sea ice extent

Le 7 mars 2017, a l’approche de la fin de l’hiver, alors que l’étendue des glaces de mer arctiques atteignait son maximum annuel, celui-ci se révélait être le plus faible depuis le début des observations satellitaires en 1979. Ce jour-là, 14,42 millions de km2 de banquise recouvraient l’océan Arctique et les mers adjacentes, une superficie réduite de 1,22 millions de km2 par rapport au maximum annuel moyen...

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