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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

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

65Focus snow DriftStory 07 DriftStory 07 On 30 June 2020, meltwater ponds nearly as long as the research vessel Polarstern covered the MOSAiC ice floe – though the snow began melting weeks

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

4342 Focus iceDriftStories 01 DriftStory 04 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

55Focus snow DriftStory 06 DriftStory 06 In the Central Arctic, snowfall is comparatively rare. The snow that does fall is often blown by the wind, chiefly accumulating on the lee side of o

4342 Focus iceDriftStories 01 DriftStory 04 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