Tungus, Yakuts, Dolgans... these ethnic groups live in the vast territory of the #Sakha republic in eastern #Russia, where 9% (on average) of household income comes directly from #nature, according to a study published in PNAS. @pnas.org @hokkaidouniv.bsky.social polarjournal.net/hunting-fish...

A breath of fresh air against a backdrop of recurring #heatwaves in the #Arctic and #Antarctic, and ice-pressured sea and land routes, opens this week, in the polar retrospective. @vendeeglobe.bsky.social @govofnunavut.bsky.social #sea #ice #sailing polarjournal.net/the-polar-re...
Pic : C.L.

Gabriel Boric becomes the first South American head of state in office to officially visit the South #Pole, but more importantly he is the 3rd in the world. This just goes to show the importance #Chile attaches to the #Antarctic material.
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Picture : Chilean Air Force

Everyone knows Robert Louis Stevenson for "Treasure Island".

The Scottish author, inspired by the era of polar explorers and fascinated by unknown places, also wrote "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes".

Here are the #Cévennes, lit by the low sun on rocky paths. #Book #Hiking #Nature

Two polar icons, two emblematic animals and two ice experts. One feathered, the other furry. One lives in a colony, the other is solitary. Amphipious, but one more at sea and the other more on land. If you had to make a choice... #Arctic #Antarctic