Arctic researcher warns the 'the ice is dying' after landmark expedition. The icy landscape of the Arctic as we imagine it will no longer exist in just a few decades, researchers returning from a major expedition to the frozen north warn.
as we imagine it will no longer exist in just a few decades, researchers returning from a major expedition to the frozen north have warned.
Researchers involved in the expedition called MOSAiC — Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate — returned on the German vessel, the Polarstern, which spent more than a year at sea.For much of the mission, the Polarstern was carried by the natural ice drift, pushed on by the wind, while researchers from 20 countries collected dataand climate change.
German icebreaker and research vessel Polarstern arrives in Bremerhaven, Germany, on Monday after a year-long mission, the biggest Arctic expedition in history.There were many safety precautions taken as researchers set up their instruments in the ever-changing landscape, which saw the ice form mountain, flatten out again and even form deep cracks, Rex said.
"The bears did have a few encounters with our instruments. They're primarily very curious animals," Persson said, adding that there were luckily no direct encounters with the researchers.While years of analysis of the data lay ahead, Rex said researchers are already alarmed by the evidence they've gathered.
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