Polarstern (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Polarstern

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The German research icebreaker RV Polarstern will transport the MOSAiC expedition through the central Arctic Ocean as it drifts past the North Pole towards the Atlantic Ocean while trapped in sea ice.

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Photo by Alfred Wegener Institute/Mario Hoppmann

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