News of EducaPoles
This section presents the latest news on the International Polar Foundation's educational activities and projects. It also contains general interest news on the polar regions, climate change and sustainable development for the educational world. Our RSS feeds will inform you when news are published on this website.
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What future for fish?
18.05.2005
On their way from the Mediterranean Sea to the Spitzberg, the crew of the Alcyon meet fishing boats of all types and sizes, from the smallest fishing boat to the big trawler. For many people, fishing is a nice afternoon, lazily spent by a lake or a riverside. But fishing, with all its linked activities, is, above all, the profession of 200 million people throughout the world! And all these…
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How do migratory birds find their way ?
21.04.2005
Biologists on board of the "Alcyon", the boat that undertook an expedition "from the Mediterranean Sea to the Spitzberg", take turns to identify and count all the birds they meet. Among them, many are migratory birds. It is springtime, that's why! Migratory birds are coming back to cooler areas to breed and build their nest. These birds often make incredible journeys and come back, year after year, to the same…
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What if mountains were to emerge from the Mediterranean Sea?
25.03.2005
The Mediterranean Sea represents, for most of us, a holiday destination where we lay on the beach, or have drinks listening to the sound of the cicadas. We see it as a vast blue water surface, as a flat horizon under a nice sunset. What's happening beneath this surface? Do we really know this sea as well as we think we do? Now what if someone told you that mountains…
