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Trapped: why 300 scientists are locking themselves in Arctic ice

For one year, a research ship will drift while frozen in sea ice — and give scientists their closest look at the rapid changes gripping the polar north.
  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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Polarstern in darkness shining spotlights, Weddel Sea, Jul 4, 2013

Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Stefan Hendricks

Warming temperatures are changing the Arctic in unprecedented ways — but for the next 12 months, there will be a regular fixture on the polar horizon.

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Nature 573, 473-474 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02823-x

This article is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 media outlets to highlight the issue of climate change.

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