Two PhD candidates from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were supported by the German Society of Polar Research (DGP) in attending the 10th International Conference on Arctic Margins in 2025 in Bremen, Germany. The conference covered topics such as tectonics and sedimentology, teaching and outreach, and history and geopolitics. The small size of the Arctic geoscience community made the conference an excellent platform for networking and scientific discussions.

During World War II, the only acts of warfare in Antarctica took place due to the operations of the German Navy's auxiliary cruisers. These were armed merchant ships disguised as vessels of other nations to avoid detection by Allied patrols. Their mission was to sink or capture enemy ships. In Antarctica, they were responsible for the largest naval capture operation of the entire conflict, which led to the only war engagement between two nations on this continent.