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Thaw in the Arctic: Researching ice at the North Pole

Sam Baker | Jörn Freyenhagen | Sven Weniger sp: Anke Rasper
October 6, 2022

Climate scientists agree that the Arctic is ground zero for climate change. In the past, international teams of climate scientists have studied the sea ice here, but since the war in Ukraine, collaboration with Russia has been off-limits for Western researchers. The icebreaker and cruise ship, the Commandant Charcot, invited some of them on its maiden voyage to the North Pole.

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