“On 19 August 2020, MOSAiC reached the North Pole after making an unplanned detour owing to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions.”
Polarstern approaches the North Pole and passes ice easy to sail through. Covered with melt ponds and melting from the bottom, the sea ice is no real barrier for the research icebreaker on her way to search for a new ice floe to study the onset and early freezing on the final MOSAiC leg.
“On 19 August 2020, MOSAiC reached the North Pole after making an unplanned detour owing to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions.”
