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Postcards from a Formerly Frozen Icebreaker


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Arctic Research Expedition Likely Faces Extreme Conditions in Fast-Changing Arctic


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MOSAiC is an international expedition to study the Arctic climate system, from ocean to ice to atmosphere. Over 500 scientists...more than 16 nations...12 months...frozen in the ice. Learn more.

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Packing up instruments in Met City, which is situated directly next to a melt pond. (Photo: Lianna Nixon) Time to Say Goodbye
July 31, 2020
Alfred Wegener Institute - After exactly 300 days...
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The research icebreaker Polarstern, at the center of the largest Arctic research expedition ever, is considered to be one of the most advanced and versatile polar research ships in the world. Photo: Lukas Piotrowski/MOSAiC Twitter Dream Jobs: Ice researcher
July 30, 2020
Tessa Sternberg, Newsela - In September 2019...
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Arctic sea ice concentration Sea ice extent in the Arctic...
July 28, 2020
Levon Sevunts, The Barents Observer - The sea...
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Carin Ashjian, a WHOI biologist, has been studying zooplankton aboard a German icebreaker attached to an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. Now, she's experiencing an additional two months on the ship, as another team of scientists go through a period of quarantining before she can be replaced.SERDAR SAKINAN Another casualty of the coronavirus...
July 27, 2020
David Abel, The Boston Globe - Ecologists have...
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Researchers haul their equipment to their field sites through snow blown by harsh winds. One researcher, a polar bear guard, carries a rifle on his back in case of an emergency. Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute / Delphin Rouché An Active Arctic: Where Sea Ice...
July 27, 2020
NASA - In the early 1900s, Ernest Shackleton...
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Scientists from the University of Colorado measure how fast the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane move between the atmosphere and the ocean, on Nov. 20, 2019. Photographer: Esther Horvath/Alfred-Wegener-Institut A Front-Row Seat for the Arctic’s...
July 26, 2020
Laura Millan Lombrana, Anna Shiryaevskaya... -
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