The repeated bouts of warm weather this season have stunned even seasoned polar researchers, and could push the Arctic to a record low winter peak for the third year in a row. (wxshift.com)
Next Wave Germany's editor Eick von Ruschkowski profiles Germany's two main employers of polar researchers: The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and the Alfred Wegener - Institute for Polar Research. (sciencemag.org)
Last, but not least, the Next Wave staff has collected a number of great resources for wannabe polar researchers, as well as those that simply love the world of ice. (sciencemag.org)