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“#Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n BERLIN \u2014 An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of data that will help researchers better predict climate change in the decades to come.<\/p>\n

The RV Polarstern arrived Monday in the North Sea port of Bremerhaven, from where she set off more than a year ago<\/a> prepared for bitter cold and polar bear encounters \u2014 but not for the pandemic lockdowns that almost scuttled the mission half-way through.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe basically achieved everything we set out to do,\u201d the expedition\u2019s leader, Markus Rex, told The Associated Press by satellite phone as it left the polar circle last week. \u201cWe conducted measurements for a whole year with just a short break.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ship had to break away from its position in the far north for three weeks in May<\/a> to pick up supplies and rotate team members after coronavirus restrictions disrupted carefully laid travel<\/a> plans, but that didn\u2019t cause significant problems to the mission, he said.<\/p>\n

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Polarstern returns from its MOSAIC mission in Bremerhaven, Germany.<\/span>FOCKE STRANGMANN\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing back a trove of data, along with countless samples of ice cores, snow and water,\u201d said Rex, an atmospheric scientist at Germany\u2019s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Ocean Research that organized the expedition.<\/p>\n

More than 300 scientists from 20 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China took part in the 150-million-euro ($177-million) expedition to measure conditions in one of the most remote and hostile parts of the planet over the course of a whole year.<\/p>\n

Much of the information will be used to improve scientists\u2019 models of global warming, particularly in the Arctic, where change has been happening at a faster pace<\/a> than elsewhere on the planet.<\/p>\n

As part of the expedition, known by its acronym MOSAiC, the Polarstern anchored to a large floe last fall and set up a camp on the ice, creating a small scientific village protected from wandering polar bears by alarms and scouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went above and beyond the data collection we set out to do,\u201d said Melinda Webster, a sea ice expert at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, whose work is funded by NASA.<\/p>\n

Webster, who led a team of 14 scientists during the fourth leg of the trip, said it will likely take years, or even decades, to sift through the data.<\/p>\n

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People wave from the German icebreaker and research vessel \u201cPolarstern\u201d upon arrival at the harbor of nothern German town of Bremerhaven.<\/span>AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is an extremely exciting time to get into Arctic science<\/a> because of the changes that are happ<\/a>ening,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to get all the help we can because it\u2019s important to understand what\u2019s going on and the more people help out, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rex, the expedition leader, noted that the ship encountered unusually thin and mushy conditions in the region above northern Greenland this summer that allowed them to make an unplanned detour<\/a> to the North Pole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are watching the Arctic sea ice die,\u201d said Rex, adding that he thinks it\u2019s possible there may be no summer sea ice in the Arctic soon. This would cause not just significant disruption to indigenous societies in the region but also interfere with the planet\u2019s cooling system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to do everything to preserve it for future generations,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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