Coronavirus shutdown forces research project to miss critical start of Arctic ice melt

From Polar Bear Science Posted on April 28, 2020 | The worldwide coronavirus lockdown has meant that the MOSAiC research project, which deliberately froze the icebreaker Polarstern into the Arctic…

Alternative resupply plan for RV Polarstern now in place

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Thanks to the support of additional German research vessels, the MOSAiC expedition will continue, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The new…

Academic team to be frozen in Arctic ice for historic polar expedition

Sea ice and snow cover experts support global climate study Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. – September 20, 2019 – Dartmouth experts on Arctic sea ice and snow cover are taking…