After 18 days in quarantine and multiple tests for coronavirus, leg 4 participants in the MOSAiC expedition head north to meet the RV Polarstern.
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After 18 days in quarantine and multiple tests for coronavirus, leg 4 participants in the MOSAiC expedition head north to meet the RV Polarstern.
Sea ice geophysicist Melinda Webster was ready to fly to the RV Polarstern for the MOSAiC expedition. Then COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
The curious bear served as a gentle reminder to stay alert while on the ice.
Each week, 10 scientists with the MOSAiC expedition drill ice cores for a variety of experiments back on the ship. Here’s what the day looks like.
Using a helicopter, a laser, and precise GPS coordinates, MOSAiC expedition scientists made measurements that will help validate sea ice data collected by NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite.
After cracks formed in the sea ice, the MOSAiC expedition team decided to move instruments to safer location.
Cracks in the sea ice are a not-so-gentle reminder that the ice can be extremely dynamic, and researchers should be prepared for anything.
Central to the entire MOSAiC Expedition is the MOSAiC Floe: a large sheet of sea ice that was carefully selected as the ideal place to anchor Polarstern for an entire year.
The MOSAiC Leg 3 team is officially on board the Polarstern, and science activities have quickly begun.
