Arctic

Imaggeo On Monday: Konsfjorden and Kronebreen glacier

Andy Smedley December 28, 2020

Konsfjorden and Kronebreen glacier . Credit: Andy Smedley (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Taken shortly after our departure from Ny-Ålesund after our first “Lost Meteorites” field trial in Greenland testing new equipment that can be used to discover ‘missing’ iron meteorites in Antarctica, the return flight gave incredible views of the surrounding landscape. This photo was taken looking down to the icy waters of Kongsfjorden on the west coast of Svalbard and the ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Under the sea, in the deep, where fire meets water and life emerges III

Hazel Gibson July 13, 2020

Under the sea, in the deep, where fire meets water and life emerges III. Credit: Thibaut Barreyre (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

650 metres below the chilly waves of the North Atlantic Arctic Ocean, equidistant between Norway, Iceland and Greenland, are the Jan Mayen Vent Fields. Home to a series of hydrothermal vents strung along a set of normal faults and fissures that run parallel to the seafloor ridge, this is a strange and fascinating place. Hydrothermal vents are places where tectonic activity provides a way for the h ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: A walk at the glacier

Martina Grudzielanek October 14, 2019

A walk at the glacier. Credit: A. Martina Grudzielanek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 2012 I had the opportunity to help lead a teaching excursion to the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard. On this trip, geography students from the Ruhr-University of Bochum in Germany had the chance to learn more about the nature of this fascinating island. In addition to Svalbard’s climatology and the wildlife, the region’s glaciology and geomorphology were the main topics we focused on. For exampl ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The surprising beauty of the Arctic tundra

Alexandra Loginova July 15, 2019

Siberian Arctic: “On the top of sopka”. Credit: Alexandra Loginova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Close your eyes and try to imagine first thing which comes to your mind, when somebody says “Tundra”. What would you imagine? Being a master student, I imagined cold, flat and a dead field. In fact, Tundra turn out to be completely different, at least in September 2010, when I and my colleagues were lucky to visit it. As it is well known from textbooks no big trees grows in Tundra, how ...[Read More]