News of climactic change from the roof of the world.

By Colin W. Sargent

It’s been a wild ride. An international group of scientists aboard the Arctic research ship Polarstern intentionally locked themselves inside an ice floe to plot their course and drift during the year 2020 in the face of Global Warming.

They’ve returned with alarming news about shrinking sea ice near the Polar Cap amid modern problems. According to the New York Times, “the expedition, with a rotating contingent of about 100 scientists, technicians and crew, encountered nosy polar bears, fierce storms that damaged equipment, changing ice conditions and, most critically, the coronavirus pandemic that scrambled logistics.

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