Live-Event for the Good Impact Magazine "Arctic Fever": Ice Melt, Power Struggles, Resource Rush. Who is standing up to it?

Do you know when the Arctic is at its most beautiful? In winter, during the polar night.
That’s when some researchers strap on their skis and venture out across the vast ice, two or three kilometers away from the ship. Suddenly, there is nothing but absolute silence. The sea ice shimmers as bright as day in the moonlight. The winter cold cracks dry in the air—minus 20 degrees, fresh and clear, like crystals in a glass. Just standing there, for minutes, in this surreal wilderness.

This is what scientists told the Good Impact Magazine team—scientists who research at the northern pole of the Earth, who repeatedly travel out into the white expanse. To measure, to observe, to calculate. Many of them were interviewed for the new issue. Often the conversations were full of surprises, sometimes full of wonder.

But the Arctic is melting rapidly.

It is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. This affects the global climate and threatens the fragile ecosystem at the North Pole. The region is becoming a pawn in politics and imperial ambitions. Soon, the Arctic Ocean may be navigable in summer, and natural resources could be extracted. How can we counter this development? And who is already taking action—in the region, in science and politics, in art and everyday life?

The new issue of Good Impact Magazine sets out to find answers. And indeed, there is a lot happening. Scientists are fanning out with increasingly advanced methods and instruments to gain new insights into the Arctic. Indigenous communities, local municipalities, Arctic mayors, and researchers are working together more and more to find solutions for people on the ground. Youth from all Arctic nations are connecting, artists are advocating for the rights of Arctic inhabitants and nature. Start-ups are hoping to preserve the Arctic cold with a variety of tech ideas.

What do we know about the Arctic today? Which approaches offer real solutions? What must happen to protect the Arctic?

Good Impact Magazine aims to discuss these questions with exciting experts from science, NGOs—and with you—at this live event for the new issue.

With:

Michael Karcher, Oceanographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven. Project: Environmental Monitoring System Arctic Passion

Dorothea Wehrmann, Sociologist and Arctic Expert at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn. Focus: Governance and Sustainable Urban Development

Franziska Saalmann, Marine Conservation Expert, Greenpeace, Hamburg

Special Feature: Endless White – Arctic Music from Throat Singing to Polar Ambient
with Florian Sievers, journalist specializing in music and economics, DJ

This event takes place in German.