Arctic Climate Impact Tour 2011

Nick Toberg and Till Wagner went to the North Greenland Sea in September 2011, to measure the properties and thickness of the sea ice aboard the Greenpeace ship ARCTIC SUNRISE - to document their work they started writing this blog.

As the ice was reaching a new record low (see the NSIDC sea ice extent graph) this year, we went back to carry on our work.

Last year, we were joined by SCANLAB, who performed 3d laser scans of the surface of the ice. They are on board again this year, but now we're getting the bottom as well: Hanumant Singh from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is joining with his team to get 3d profiles of the underside of the ice.

So now, for a historic first, we got the whole 3d picture of sea ice floes in the Arctic Ocean.

On board as well this year was the master of it all, our group leader Professor Peter Wadhams.

After the Arctic Climate Impact Tour, Peter and Till travelled to West Greenland and took part in expedition Operation Iceberg - a BBC funded science project that was subsequently featured in the 2 part BBC 2 documentary Operation Iceberg.

28/09/2011

the end (for now)

(by till)

Arctic Sunrise just off Pyramiden, Svalbard (photo: Nugent)
after a long journey and a number of incredibly expensive meals in longyearbyen, tromso, oslo, we've made it back, safe and sound. And for once the sun is shining in Cambridge, so that's good.
It's been an incredible journey and we would like to thank everyone who helped us along the way, there was so much support from all sides, thank you!

Here's a couple more links:

There was a second feature in the Sun, the day after they had the 'where ice comes to die' story, this time a more cuddly polar bear story:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3823554/Cold-play.html

For our german audience a piece by Greenpeace Germany

http://www.greenpeace.de/themen/meere/nachrichten/artikel/sommereis_im_arktischen_ozean_erneut_auf_tiefstand/

And an interview with me on the Australian breakfast radio:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3312735.htm

Nick Cobbing was our onboard photographer, and his website is absolutely brilliant, full of the most beautiful photographs, and hopefully there will also be a story on our expedition up there soon:

http://www.nickcobbing.co.uk/

And finally one more picture of our ship:
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