13Introduction
Spending an entire winter researching on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean
was, until now, just a pipe dream for most sea-ice experts. It was always
assumed that such an expedition w
21Focus ice DriftStory 01
DriftStory 01
Whoever hopes to unlock the mysteries of the sea ice has to first
know its past. Accordingly, sea-ice physicist Thomas Krumpen started
looking for clues
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DriftStory 04
Glittering clouds
below the ice
Generally speaking, it’s very easy to explain how Arctic sea ice becomes thicker. You
take an ocean, a
This year, the minimum Arctic sea-ice extent, at 4.33 million km², was most probably reached on 15 September (Figure 1), putting it at 7 th place in the sequence of minima since 1979. The sea ice had
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Visualising scientific data is no mean feat and certain technical requirements must be met. At the same time, when the goal is to convey information to a given target group in a clear and appealing wa
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