Safety designer Bjela König enjoys a team of researchers from the bridge of Polarstern leaving for ice study, October 1, 2019. Photo: Esther Horvath/ MOSAiC Expedition

German research study icebreaker Polarstern is currently parked Arctic Ocean ice floe where scientists will certainly establish camp for a one-year-long drift around the North Pole for environment scientific research.

Experts from the MOSAiC exploration utilized satellite images and also helicopter trips to look the best ice floe, possibly one of the most important item of the challenge in the year-long exploration to examine the environment system in the Central Arctic.

Over the the program drift, hundreds professionals from 19 nations will certainly get on board wherefore is called the largest-scale Arctic research study exploration of perpetuity.

The German research study icebreaker Polarstern left from Troms ø, Norway in September to invest the following year wandering with the Arctic Ocean, caught in the ice near to the north post. The goal: to take environment research study to an entirely brand-new degree by investing complete year at “ground zero” for environment modification.

The MOSAiC exploration is led climatic researcher Markus Rex, and also co-led by Klaus Dethloff and also Matthew Shupe, MOSAiC is pioneered by Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and also Marine Research (AWI).

“After a brief but intensive search, we’ve found our home for the months to come,” clarifies MOSAiC exploration leaderMarkus Rex “The ice floe is characterized by an unusually stable area, which we are confident can serve as a good basis and point of departure for establishing a complex research camp.”