World's biggest expedition to the North Pole arrives back in Germany, more than a year after it set off to collect information to understand the effects of climate change on the Arctic
In this file photo taken on September 18, 2019 the German icebreaker and research vessel Polarstern is pictured at shore in Tromso, Norway.
"I have waited for this moment for so long that my heart is palpitating... it is so good to know that our ship and everyone on board are now home and that everything "We witnessed how the Arctic ocean is dying," Rex told AFP. "We saw this process right outside our windows, or when we walked on the brittle ice."
The Polarstern mission, dubbed MOSAIC, spent over a year collecting data on the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice and ecosystems to help assess the impact of climate change on the region and the world. The 140-million-euro expedition is also bringing back 150 terabytes of data and more than 1,000 ice samples.The team measured more than 100 parameters almost continuously throughout the year and are hoping the information will provide a "breakthrough in understanding the Arctic and climate system", he said.
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