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Polarstern Mission return
October 16 , 2020
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- The Polarstern Ship of the German Alfred Wegner Institute has returned to the port of Bremerhaven in Germany after spending 389 days drifting through the Arctic trapped in ice.
- It has allowed scientists to gather vital information on the effects of global warming in the region.
- It is the world’s biggest mission to the North Pole and brings home some devastating proof of a dying Arctic Ocean and warnings of ice-free summers in just a few decades.
Polarstern Mission
- The Polarstern Mission has spent over a year collecting data on sea ice, ocean, atmosphere, and ecosystems in order to help assess the impact of climate change on the region as well as in the world.
- On September 20, 2019, the ship departed from Tromso in Norway.
- The crew saw the long months of complete darkness and temperatures as low as -39.5 celsius.
- The mission collected the water samples from beneath the ice during the polar night to study the plant plankton and bacteria as well as to better understand how the marine ecosystem functions under extreme conditions.
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