German icebreaker Polarstern left for a seven-week research trip on Tuesday were scientists will focus on ice and glaciers. June marks the beginning of annual sea-ice melt and one of the main areas researchers will examine is the marginal ice zone, the area between open water and sea ice edge, north of Svalbard. Other projects include travelling to northeast Greenland to see how Atlantic water circulation is affecting glaciers in the region. “We plan to install moorings in order to gauge the sensitivity of ocean-driven glacier melting to changing environmental conditions,” Kanzow said. Click on the Follow-Polarstern link on the Alfred Wegener Institute website to follow the expedition in real time.

Source: CBC News July 01, 2022 13:51 UTC