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Sloshing water and thinning ice: the story behind the 2023 rockslide-generated tsunami in the Dickson fjord

On the 17th of September 2023, the Danish military’s Arctic Command unit received a concerning message from a previous member of the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol. While travelling along the northeastern Greenland coast on board a cruise ship, the former employee noticed that the Patrol’s home base, located on the small island Ella Ø at the mouth of the King Oscar Fjord, appeared to be in serious disarray. Indeed, an inspection vessel and aircraft subsequently sent out by the Arctic

Chiara de Geeter

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Unfreezing frontiers

These adventures that shape science

@ Christian Rohleder

WAIS-BELL PS134: The end of a successful expedition, Matthias Troch

"375 versus 39, those are the number of days the RV Belgica and RV Polarstern respectively spent in the Bellingshausen Sea along Antarctica’s West coast. Whilst the RV Belgica expedition was the first one to ever reach this part of Antarctica, the RV Polarstern had the unique opportunity to survey previously uncharted areas due to this year’s sea ice minimum."

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Belgium's polar pulse

Events & opportunities at your door

@ Louise Delhaye

Movie screening: 80 Degrees North – a documentary of a Svalbard expedition, Cathrin Wittig

"Have you ever dreamed of venturing into the unknown? Wandering through a world of endless ice and white snow as far as you can see? Dare to challenge the elements and be as close to the polar nature as possible?"