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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

The further sea-ice retreat will chiefly depend on the ocean temperatures and on wind patterns, which can either condense or disperse the sea ice. As the summer draws to a close, the surface of the ce

Sea ice cores from the MOSAiC expedition (2019-2020) are one of the treasures that were brought back to Bremerhaven at the end of the year-long Arctic drift in October 2020. Now, a group of scientists

Polar bear during MOSAiC 1a

73Focus temperature DriftStory 08 DriftStory 08 Miss Piggy is the name that the AWI’s atmospheric researchers have given to this orange tethered balloon, which can rise to heights of up to

95Focus ice DriftStory 10 How alike the two pictures are: as AWI sea-ice physicist Dr Thomas Krumpen flies over the scattered remains of what was once the MOSAiC floe and many of its neighbouring f

In spring, a variety of algal blooms colour the waters of the Arctic Chukchi Sea. The inflow of cold, nutrient-rich water from the Bering Sea provides the phytoplankton with idea conditions f

27Focus satellite observation DriftStory 02 DriftStory 02 Satellite observation is the only way to effectively monitor the Arctic sea ice on a broad scale. Yet this approach still has its fair s

The decline in summertime sea-ice in the Arctic is an important indicator for the progressive climate change and its effects on the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Since the advent of contin