"In a ship deliberately embedded in an ice floe, scientists are studying the base of the food web"
"As the largest and most ambitious international Arctic polar research expedition finishes its first leg, NewsChina interviews scientist Lei Ruibo to learn about its progress"
The German research ship Polarstern is currently making a very special journey. It is drifting through the Arctic Ocean trapped in sea ice. The goal is to collect data about the Arctic winter and gain fundamental insights into global warming.
"On a ship frozen in the Arctic, scientists have spent all winter to shed light on exactly how the world is changing"
"Taking its blueprint from Fridtjof Nansen’s ‘Arctic drift’ mission 130 years ago, a new quest for science ventures farther north in winter than ever before."