Featured Media Coverage
Science adventurer @paolac on our #microplastics #sampling campaign in the #arctic #ocean on board #sustainable #sailboat #Nanuq and our #recordbreaking #microplastic sampling above the #polarcircle 82°07' #North with @safiria_buono on the #edge of the #icepack#svalbard #spitzbergen #northpole #plasticsucks #endplasticpollution
Pubblicato da Polarquest 2018 su Domenica 17 febbraio 2019
Project Leader Paola Catapano on Rai 3 | 2 December 2018Project Leader Paola Catapano was on Kilimangiaro @raitre over the weekend, talking about the mission to the arctic, the crash of Airship ITALIA and the science behind Polarquest!! Watch the full interview below.
Pubblicato da Polarquest 2018 su Mercoledì 5 dicembre 2018
Polarquest Project Leader Paola Catapano on GEO RAI3 | 27 November 2018This winter has seen excellent coverage of the Polarquest project on Italian media! Rai3 GEO had on Polarquest Project Leader Paola Catapano on 27 November 2018.Watch the full segment below!
Pubblicato da Polarquest 2018 su Mercoledì 5 dicembre 2018
Nel #BNLExplorer del #WNF18 di Firenze abbiamo ascoltato Paola Catapano, giornalista scientifica del CERN, raccontare la storia di Polarquest 2018, spedizione di ricerca e esplorazione nei mari dell'oceano Artico a bordo della Nanuq, svolta quest'estate.
Pubblicato da BNL BNP Paribas su Domenica 30 settembre 2018
Friday 6 July - PolarQuest on Rai UnoDid you catch PolarQuest on Rai Uno, La vita in diretta? On Friday 6 July, descendants of the Airship Italia and Paola Catapano were interviewed! Watch it again below!
Pubblicato da Polarquest 2018 su Domenica 8 luglio 2018
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Upcoming Events


- November 8, 2019 – POLARQUEST documentary to be screened at Pau in front of young students, Festival Image Montagne (Lons, France).
- November 8 – 30, 2019 – FestivalScienza 2019, Fondazione di Sardegna (Cagliari) – Photo exhibition “82°07’North” introduced by Gianluca Casagrande (Professor of Geography at the Università Europea di Roma), Ombretta Pinazza (Researcher at INFN), Roberto Demontis (Researcher at CRS4), Giorgio Massaro (MedSea Foundation).
- November 11, 2019 – POLARQUEST documentary competes in the Festival Explorimages (Nice, France).
- November 17, 2019 – Live from TV2000, interview with Gianluca Casagrande by Licia Colò.
- November 19, 2019, 20.00-21.45 – Globe of Science and Innovation, CERN (Meyrin, Geneva) – POLARQUEST2018 – a “citizen science” research expedition in Arctic, film screening and debate with the crew (free entrance but mandatory registration).
- November 19, 2019 – TEDxUSMB, campus du Bourget-du-Lac, Universtié de Savoie – Frédéric Gillet (Nanuq scientific coordinator) presents his talk “Out of the logic of plastic”: the necessity to understand the problem of plastic over its entire life cycle.
Press Releases and conferences
- September 27, 2019 – POLARQUEST – Il racconto di un’avventura. Al GSSI de L’Aquila, proiezione del documentario POLARQUEST con intervista alla project leader Paola Catapano.
- September 7, 2019 – Marsala, al Parco Archelogico il documentario POLARQUEST con Gianluca Casagrande (Professore di Geografia all’Università Europea di Roma) e Luisa Cifarelli (Presidente del Centro Fermi)
- September 5-8, 2019 – Polarquest scende in spiaggia a fianco del WWF contro la plastica in mare. Mostra fotografica “82°07North” all’eco-festival dell’Estate Romana Plastica d’A-Mare, inaugurata da Gianluca Casagrande (Professore di Geografia all’Università Europea di Roma)
- May 20, 2019 – Comunicato e invito stampa: Mostra fotografica “82°07′ Nord” e Incontro con gli autori di “Ritorno al Polo Nord. La Tenda Rossa 2.0” (Download press release)
- November 27, 2018 – Spedizione artica PolarQuest 2018 risultati scientifici e risvolti geografici
- August 22, 2018 – Polarquest2018: mission accomplished! (Italian, image selection)
- July 15, 2018 – GREAL Press Release: In the Arctic, remembering airship ITALIA/Comunicato Stampa: Sulle tracce del dirigibile ITALIA
- July 7-8, 2018 – Incontrarsi dopo 90 anni, first meeting of the descendants of the entire crew of Airship ITALIA and other historical figures who took part in rescue missions in 1918 (Read programme) (Download press release)
- July 6, 2018 – A meno di un mese dalla partenza – Società Italiana di Geografia, Villa Celimontana, Rome. Comunicato Stampa, Press release, Communiqué de presse. Watch full Press Conference.
- May 23-25, 2018 – Press were invited to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Airship ITALIA at events in Milan (23 May, contact stampa@museoscienza.it) and Rome (24/25 May). (Download press kit)