From the idea behind a global backup to the details of its construction, here’s everything you need to know about the Doomsday Vault. Number 10 What Is It? The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, commonly known as the “Doomsday Vault”, is…
Tag: Arctic
Ice and fire: How burning forests can help melt ice sheets
On the western edge of the Greenland ice sheet there’s a stretch of dirty grey ice known as the dark zone 400km long and 100km wide this dark zone is melting somewhere between double and ten times the rate of…
Surviving the Storm – Behind the Scenes | Life Below Zero
[music playing] We are here to document the lives of people living in Alaska. The harsh reality is the environment we’re up against, it makes it tough to do our job. Get out of there. Working on life below zero…
Arctic Ocean 2016 – Mary-Lynn Dickson
this summer Canada will again travel to the Arctic Ocean to undertake measurements to define the other limits of the extended continental shelf we will be sailing on two ships the canadian coast guard vessel lewis alirim and the swedish…
It’s time to draw borders on the Arctic Ocean
I’m on an island near the North Pole and I’m here to find out who owns the Arctic. As the ice melts more and more in this region, you can see just how dramatic the ice has been shrinking. One…
Putin’s Plot to Take Over the Arctic | The Daily Show
Russia America's greatest enemy and home of the world's nastiest salad dressing you may have forgotten that before Russia was hacking your grandma's Facebook page they were doing actual superpower stuff like invading countries overthrowing governments and beating the shit…
US Faces Russian & Chinese Threats in Arctic | America Uncovered
The Arctic Useful for shipping lanes And polar bears But also a potential threat from America’srivals. Welcome to America Uncovered. I’m Chris Chappell. The US is concerned about the Arctic. Is it because of the shrinking polar bearhabitat? Or the…
It's time to draw borders on the Arctic Ocean
I'm on an island near the North Pole and I'm here to find out who owns the Arctic as the ice melts more and more in this region shrinking one of these countries has shown that they're willing to fight…
Animal.Husbandry
I'm up north to find me a husband I've heard that there aren't a lot of women up here which and I'm hoping that standards just might be a little bit lower what kind of special here we have like…