A monthly newsletter in French and English written by first-hand experts on trends, issues and developments in the polar zones. A unique tool for deciphering and monitoring developments and trends in the polar zones.
‘The two poles offer the nations of the world an opportunity to work together in the 21st century’. Hillary Clinton, 2009.
A thematic monthly newsletter
Each month, POLAR WATCH offers a detailed, easy-to-understand summary, in French and English, of a current trend or development in the Arctic or, alternatively, the Antarctic, written by a first-hand expert under the supervision of an editorial committee, ensuring that the analyses are easy to read and understand for non-specialist readers. POLAR WATCH is aimed at decision-makers in the private and public sectors, teachers, academics and, more broadly, the international community interested in high-latitude issues.
The Editorial Team
A dedicated editorial team drives POLAR WATCH’s editorial and investigative activity in French and English :
![]() | Neil HAMILTON, polar geographer and climate expert, former WWF and Greenpeace advisor, active in Arctic governance and polar research, AUSTRALIA. |
![]() | Tiril Vold HANSEN, Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute with expertise in geopolitics, resource policy, and environmental politics in the North, with a particular focus on Arctic politics and Svalbard, NORWAY. |
![]() | Marie-Noëlle HOUSSAIS, Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate: Experimentation and Numerical Approaches (LOCEAN), specialist in polar oceans, FRANCE. |
![]() | Laurent MAYET, former Special Representative for Polar Affairs, Policy Advisor on Polar Issues at the Ministry of National Education, FRANCE. |
![]() | Céline RODRIGUES, Assistant Professor at Universidade Portucalense and Universidade da Beira Interior. She holds a doctoral degree in International Relations, specialisation in Globalisation and Environment. Co-founder of Latin Polar Science Workshop in partnership with IPRI-NOVA, PORTUGAL. |
An International Expert Committee
![]() | Claire ALIX, Senior lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and member of the ArchAm joint research unit (Archaeology of the Americas): archaeologist, specialist in the Arctic region and its ancient societies, FRANCE. |
![]() | Paul Arthur BERKMAN, founding president of the Science Diplomacy Center, Associate Professor at Harvard Law School, and Associate Director of the Harvard-MIT program, UNITED STATES. |
![]() | Marc ELEAUME, Associate Professor at the French National Museum of Natural History, member of the French delegation to the CCAMLR, FRANCE. |
![]() | Tiril Vold HANSEN, Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute with expertise in geopolitics, resource policy, and environmental politics in the North, with a particular focus on Arctic politics and Svalbard, NORWAY. |
![]() | Vice-Admiral (ret.) Patrick HÉBRARD, French Navy Reserve, member of the Wise Pens International think tank, co-author of several reports on the Arctic, FRANCE. |
![]() | Alan HEMMINGS, Adjunct Professor at Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. |
![]() | Marie-Noëlle HOUSSAIS, Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate: Experimentation and Numerical Approaches (LOCEAN), specialist in polar oceans, FRANCE. |
![]() | Elie JARMACHE, Former member of the General Secretariat of the Sea (Prime Minister’s Office) in charge of the law of the sea issues (negotiations and continental shelf issues); former member of the Legal and Technical Committee of the International Seabed Authority, FRANCE. |
![]() | Timo KOIVUROVA, Professor at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, specialist in Arctic and Antarctic governance, FINLAND. |
![]() | Laurent MAYET, former Special Representative for Polar Affairs, Policy Advisor on Polar Issues at the Ministry of National Education, FRANCE. |
![]() | Volker RACHOLD, Head of the “German Arctic Office” at the Alfred Wegener Institute, former Executive Secretary of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), GERMANY. |
![]() | David RENAULT, Director of the French Polar Institute (IPEV). He was Scientific Director of IPEV and is currently Professor at the University of Rennes, specialising in ecology and population biology, FRANCE. |
![]() | Céline RODRIGUES, Assistant Professor at Universidade Portucalense and Universidade da Beira Interior. She holds a doctoral degree in International Relations, specialisation in Globalisation and Environment. Co-founder of Latin Polar Science Workshop in partnership with IPRI-NOVA, PORTUGAL. |
![]() | Yan ROPERT-COUDERT, Former director of the French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor, Research Director at CNRS, member of the French delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), FRANCE. |
![]() | Ricardo ROURA, Senior Advisor to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), NETHERLANDS. |
![]() | Serge SEGURA, former Ambassador for Oceans, former Head of the French delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and the Arctic Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FRANCE. |
![]() | Virginie VATÉ, Anthropologist, research fellow at the CNRS, and member of the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, et Laïcités (GSRL) research laboratory. She has conducted research in Chukotka and Alaska on indigenous rituals, Arctic form of Christianity and human-animal relationships, FRANCE. |
The last POLAR WATCH bulletin
The collection of POLAR WATCH bulletins
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POLAR WATCH 15
THE ANTARCTIC – The preservation of vanishing glaciers archives -

POLAR WATCH 14
THE ARCTIC – The adaptability of polar bears in the Barents Sea region -

POLAR WATCH 13
THE ANTARCTIC – Challenges of developing marine protected areas in the southern ocean -

POLAR WATCH 12 THE ANTARCTIC – A model for the governance of international spaces?
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POLAR WATCH 11THE ANTARCTIC – Ice Sheet Instability and Sea Level Rise
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POLAR WATCH 10THE ARCTIC – France faces a security shift in the High North
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POLAR WATCH 9THE ANTARCTIC – Avian influenza virus is rapidly spreading across southern polar region
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POLAR WATCH 8THE ARCTIC – The resilience of the central arctic ocean fisheries agreement
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POLAR WATCH 7THE ANTARCTIC – Is sea ice cover facing abrupt changes?
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POLAR WATCH 6THE ANTARCTIC – Deep field and airborne tourism under increasing scrutiny
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POLAR WATCH 5THE ARCTIC – Germany’s new Arctic policy at the time of the Zeitenwende
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POLAR WATCH 4THE ARCTIC – Greenland caught in the confrontation between major powers
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POLAR WATCH 3THE ANTARCTIC – The BBNJ agreement and the antarctic treaty system
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POLAR WATCH 2THE ANTARCTIC – The deregulation of Antarctic krill fishing
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POLAR WATCH 1THE ARCTIC – Summer 2024 confirms the Arctic sea ice retreat
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