Thin Ice Blog

The hidden life of the Arctic

Posted by Clive Tesar in From the field on 7 July, 2014

I’m standing on metre-thick sea ice, about ten kilometres beyond the tip of Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic.

June 2014: Bowheads and breaking ice

Posted by Pete Ewins in From the field on 23 June, 2014

Arctic whale specialist Pete Ewins gives us an update on the bowhead whales being tracked by Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.

Putting a price on Arctic biodiversity

Posted by WWF Arctic in General on 4 June, 2014

Do we need to put a dollar value on the benefits of Arctic biodiversity, to protect it?

Fishing for the unknown

Posted by WWF Arctic in General on 1 June, 2014

Our biological understanding of Arctic marine fishes is practically absent.

Back to Longyearbyen

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 23 April, 2014

The Svalbard team heads back to port.

The coolest office

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field, Polar bears on 21 April, 2014

Being out in the field, you sometimes encounter challenges, like having an open office in the High Arctic.

Seal spotting

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field, Polar bears on 20 April, 2014

I was sitting by the computer transferring some pictures, when something caught my eye, far away from the boat.

Ringed seals feel the heat

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 16 April, 2014

While we often hear about the plight of the polar bear in popular news and media, we rarely hear about the effects a rapidly warming Arctic is having on their primary prey, the ringed seal.

Breaking out of the ice