Amelie Kirchgaessner

Dr. Amelie Kirchgaessner
Institution
British Antarctic Survey
Role / Position
Atmospheric Research Scientist
Team
Atmosphere,
Leg
Akademik Federov Icebreaker,
My tasks on MOSAiC
I will be involved in setting up atmospheric measurements on the ice, on the crows nest, and in a lab container.
I am most excited about
I am most excited about arriving at THE floe. Weather may be a challenge to getting everything set up in time. Another challenge will be finding a suitable floe in a year with very low sea ice cover, and sea ice thinning. We can't rule out that the floe may break up.