RV Polarstern

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Rv Polarstern (left), supported by the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov has found The Right one floe

German research vessel "Polarstern" has found a location, its year-long drift in The Arctic sea-ice.

The Ship , which is the head of the North Pole , the largest scientific expedition to the basin in addition to a thick ice floe on the Siberian side of The Ocean .

The exact location is 85 degrees North latitude and 137 ° East.

hundreds of investigators to use it as a base from which to the effects of Climate Change , explore at The Top of The World .

"After a short but intense search, we found our home for the coming months," said expedition leader Prof Markus Rex from The Alfred -Wegener-Institute (AWI).

"It's not the perfect floe, but it is The Best in this part of The Arctic , and offers better terms and conditions than we had expected after a warm Arctic Summer . "

scientists hope to find out valuable information about the Climate Change in The Arctic

RV "Polarstern" to the (multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the study of Arctic climate) mission Two Weeks ago.

It travelled from the Norwegian port of Tromsø, supported by other icebreakers on the search for a suitable piece of ice, where there is A Camp could be.

Sixteen possible locations have been scouted, with the help of satellite images and helicopter. A Meter-thick floe of about 2. 5km from 3. 5km was finally chosen.

The International expedition treasures to happy detected, his house Tromsø so soon after leaving. This Summer , the heat, the second smallest Arctic sea ice in the satellite era. As a result, the ice will be the conversion of The Ocean ceiling surface is very Thin .

The Ship was plaice with some of his recent direct sun light until the next year,

, though, are now succumbing to the winter freeze-up. The Sun no longer rises above the horizon to the location of The Ship , and it will not be long before the 24-hour-darkness "polar night" descends to the Mosaic expedition.

RV "Polarstern" will soon be locked solid in the ice.

do not release The Ship Until September or October of next year, to drive what time it is over the North Pole and in the waters somewhere in the FRAM Strait. This is The Passage that extends between the North-Eastern Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago.

Mosaic -the aim of the study of all aspects of the climate system in The Arctic . The Instrument stations will be established, which is located on the ice around The Ship , including some up to 50km.

The ice, the sea, the atmosphere, even the animals are also tried all of the. The one-year studies are designed to provide more certainty in the projections of future change.

The ice must be thick enough and strong enough, to scientists and their instruments

Prof Rex told the BBC, before departure, that The Arctic was warming currently twice the rate of the rest of The Planet , however, that the climate models were very unsafe as this temperature trend develop in the coming decades.

"We have no robust climate projections for The Arctic and the reason is that we do not understand the processes very well there," he explained.

"That is because we were never able to you throughout the year, and certainly not in the winter, when the ice is thick, and we can't break them with our research Vessels . "

Something similar to the €130 m (£120m/$150m), Mosaic 's mission has been tried before, but nothing comparable in the scale.

more Than 600 scientists are expected to spend months at a time, with the "Polarstern".

you will be brought into connection, through the support of icebreakers.

If this is not possible, at The Height of winter, when the sea ice is at its thickest, aircraft, and long-wants to helicopters, you must have the necessary supplies and relief teams.

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Source of news: bbc.com