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Published online 7 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040531-11
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Climatologists brave bergs for core data
Icebreakers to protect drillers in Arctic Ocean.
A converted icebreaking ship of the former Soviet Union is to head anocean convoy that will take 200 climate scientists and support staff on aunique mission this summer.
The Sovetskiy Soyuz will sail north from Tromso,Norway, on 8 August, clearing a path through the Arctic ice for a team ofresearchers who want to extract a core from the ocean floor.
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