POLARQUEST 2018

What is POlarQuest 2018?

What is Polarquest 2018?

 EXTREME ADVENTURE

A quest for the wreck of the Italia airship on the 90th anniversary of the crash which made the history of polar exploration.

EXTREME SCIENCE

An international team of arctic researchers, today’s explorers of the unknown, searching for answers to some of the greatest enigmas of science, from climate change to the origin of high energy cosmic rays , from measuring the impact of human pollution at extreme latitudes to creating awareness of the micro- and nano-plastic contents in the Artic Ocean.

EXTREME EXPLORATION

Complete circumnavigation of the entire Svalbard archipelago with a sailing boat.

A MESSAGE FOR THE PLANET

A voyage to the last untouched wildernesses on earth, to convey the importance of the Arctic for our sustainable future.

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Scientific Accomplishments

Scientific Accomplishments

Studying Cosmic Rays
The PolarquEEEst experiment was a record-breaking cosmic ray detector, recording the world’s first sea-level data up to the latitude of 82°07’N. Learn more…

Polar Microplastic Pollution
Detailed studies of mico- and nano-plastic pollution in the Arctic, including the record latitude sampling.  Learn more…

Polar drones for exploration
Landmark use of low-cost drones for scientific data collection.  Learn more…

Studies of PCB Pollutants
Long-term testing of chemical pollutants in Arctic.  Learn more…

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Support BioStraw4Planet during the Little by Little campaign

Today is the start of the Little By Little Campaign! Our recently launched GlobalGiving microproject BioStraw4Planet is the perfect option to support during this campaign.

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Polarquest at Collegio San Carlo for the IBI CAS Project

Polarquest at Collegio San Carlo for the IBI CAS Project

April 19, 2019
On April 17th, project leader Paola Catapano met the students from Collegio San Carlo to debate solutions to plastic pollution.

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