June 18, 2024
Construction of Tara Polar Station: 3 major challenges remain
Major challenge: building a polar vessel to resist ice From idea to construction site In the past, relatively few ships have been engineered to be locked in ice and remain there — on average, only one per century. The biggest challenge of this project is to build a vessel adapted to the polar environment. Designing
April 16, 2024
A history of polar exploration in the Arctic
Discovering the Poles For several centuries, polar exploration has inspired people’s dreams. However, reaching the Poles has always been a challenge for mankind. Adventurers, navigators and scientists all wanted to conquer these territories preserved from all human activities. They embarked towards the unknown to conquer frozen lands, sometimes without preparation for the extreme conditions that