Hacker News with Generative AI: Arctic

Mummified Sabretooth Cub Discovered in Siberia (nature.com)
The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia.

Paleontology, Siberia, Pleistocene, Extinct Animals, Arctic

10 points by deeel 6 days ago | 1 comments

Polar Night in the Northernmost Town (smithsonianmag.com)
At 78 degrees north latitude, which is about 12 degrees farther north than the lower boundary of the Arctic Circle, Svalbard is no stranger to polar night.

Arctic, Geography, Norway

76 points by Brajeshwar 34 days ago | 20 comments

Researchers Find Cannibalized Victim of 19th-Century Arctic Voyage (nytimes.com)
A new study offers clues to a 179-year-old mystery that killed more than 100 explorers on the Franklin expedition in the Canadian Arctic.

History, Arctic, Exploration, Mystery, Science

46 points by Thevet 45 days ago | 15 comments

Show HN: I built a Iridium/LTE satellite GPS tracker and took it to the Arctic (github.com/cepa)
One off challenge to build a custom GPS tracker that sends data to cloud over LTE and Iridium networks. Tested successfully on the expedition yacht S/Y Southern Star while crossing Barents Sea from Norway to Svalbard in the Arctics. Built with RockBLOCK 9603N(Iridium), SIMCOM7600G (LTE/GSM) and STM32 microcontroller (ARM,FreeRTOS).

Hardware, GPS, Satellite Communication, Arctic, Projects

211 points by ChopSticksPlz 47 days ago | 56 comments

Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals into the Arctic (hakaimagazine.com)
Between March and May each year, 15 million black-legged kittiwakes gather from across the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to nest and breed on rocky Arctic cliffs—some making the journey from as far as Florida or North Africa.

Environmental Science, Climate Change, Wildlife, Arctic, Pollution

20 points by pseudolus 48 days ago | 0 comments

NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions (nasa.gov)
NASA’s newest climate mission has started collecting data on the amount of heat in the form of far-infrared radiation that the Arctic and Antarctic environments emit to space.

NASA, Climate Change, Earth Science, Arctic, Antarctic

28 points by bryanrasmussen 67 days ago | 1 comments

North Norwegian port welcomes controversial Chinese shipping giant to the Arctic (nrk.no)

International Relations, Arctic, China, Shipping

12 points by hgulldahl 94 days ago | 1 comments

Record-setting heat waves are baking the Arctic region (washingtonpost.com)

Climate Change, Weather, Arctic, Environment

7 points by howard941 100 days ago | 1 comments

'It's devastating': summer in Canada's Arctic region brings heatwaves (theguardian.com)

Climate Change, Canada, Arctic, Heatwaves, Weather

19 points by howard941 103 days ago | 2 comments

Arctic temperatures soar 50°F/28°C above norm in long-lasting heat wave (washingtonpost.com)