She was on her third expedition far north of Ellesmere Island, and the ice had just clipped the team’s last underwater microphone, called a streamer. Without it, there was no way to record signals rebounding off the sea floor — the whole point of the trip. The first rule of Arctic science was in force: If something breaks, you fix it or you don’t have it. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked.”Thanks partly to the Frankenstreamer, Canada makes a strong case that the North Pole is part of its True North, Dickson says. “They’re so precious they’re like moon rocks,” Dickson says.

Source: National Post June 02, 2019 14:03 UTC