Snow samples from Arctic sea ice (IMAGE)

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Snow samples from Arctic sea ice

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Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute use the board helicopter from the icebreaking research vessel Polarstern to collect snow samples. Even in the Arctic the snow is polluted with microplastics.

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Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Mine Tekman

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