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Klaus Grosfeld Renate Treffeisen Sina Löschke meereisportal.de ISBN: 978-3-9822680-2-6 One year, one floe – sea-ice research to the extreme DriftStories from the Central Arcti

After the Antarctic sea-ice extent reached an all-time low in February 2023, new sea ice has only slowly formed in the months since. Particularly in the Bellingshausen Sea, uncharacteristically for th

In the Antarctic, the month of February is considered to be high summer in terms of the seasonal decline in sea-ice extent. The extent reaches its lowest point in the year, while in the course of the

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Research aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute have been surveying the ice-covered Arctic Ocean for 30 years. The immense effort of the past 52 expeditions has paid off: 40,000 km of measurement

Relevance of melt ponds In the Arctic summer, the sea ice melts due to rising temperatures and constant sunlight. When it does, meltwater can gather in pools on the surface, known as melt ponds. These

Sea-ice research produces tremendous amounts of observational data. Even for experts, sifting through this sea of numbers to arrive at the right conclusions can often be challenging. Accordingly, they