Great article continuing NYT's substantive climate change coverage.
The article indicated that this expedition is the first of it's kind since Nansen's expedition. I was a marine science technician on the icebreaker USCGC Northwind in 1988. I recall that our ship broke ice for an expedition with many parallels. My recollection is that we met a Norwegian research ship in Tromso in the late summer/early fall, travelled to approximately 360 miles from the pole, and left the ship to be froze in place and ultimately released in the polar gyre.
The USCGC Northwind's, built during WWII, finished it's last polar expedition in 1988 and was decommissioned. The home port was Wilmington, NC.
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Fascinating read. Thank you.
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Thank you, Germany, for funding this and for including US scientists. Without the scientific leadership of Europe at this point, we could all be lost.
Let's hope the US scientific establishment endures the assaults from you-know-who and his minions.
I was inspired by the article and also by learning about Fridtjof Nansen, remarkable person.
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Impossible not to be inspired by the ingenuity, initiative and courage displayed here.
The mission's theme song should be a tune also by The Drifters (the classic R&B group): "Some Kind of Wonderful."
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The window of opportunity to effectively mitigate Climate Change is rapidly disappearing.
The remaining 2020 Democratic Candidates will try to cut & paste portions of Governor Jay Inslee’s comprehensive & actionable Climate Change Mitigation Plan.
We must go with the real deal.
The winning Democratic Party 2020 Ticket: President Warren (save the economy) + Vice President Inslee (save the planet)! W+IN 2020!
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How could any body, anywhere not want to grow up to be a scientist?
How do we fail so miserably at sharing this excitement, adventure, world-saving importance with student just starting to look at their future careers?
This is sooooo cool. Scientifically speaking.
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