This Image Shows Sediment-Rich Sea Ice in the Transpolar Drift Stream (image)

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This image shows sediment-rich sea ice in the Transpolar Drift Stream. A crane lowers two researchers from the decks of the icebreaker RV Polarstern to the surface of the ice to collect samples.
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Photo Credit: R. Stein, Alfred Wegener Institute
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