2 Women Spending Nine Months in the High Arctic Were Suprised To Find A Polar Bear Hunting A Deer

Medicine & Technology Mar 31, 2020

The first all-female overwintering project in Svalbard, Norway to collect data for climate scientists. What they found about a polar bear that usually feeds on seals surprised them.

Total Solar Eclipse 2015—Were You Underwhelmed?

Mar 20, 2015

It’s the start to the spring today, and with the vernal equinox came a celestial event unlike those in common occurrence. But while flocks of sky-watchers and astronomers ventured north into the Arctic, where a total solar eclipse would be visible for the last time until 2026 in continental Europe, many were left disappointed at the less than “thrilling” display.

Eclipse Tourists—Beware of Polar Bear Attacks

Mar 19, 2015

Think of star-gazing and astronomy as a particularly safe hobby? Think again. It turns out that while looking at the cosmos, hundreds of thousands of light-years away, local astronomers may be too preoccupied to realize the threats much closer to home.