Virus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission

News of the pandemic caused jitters among those already on board, said Matthew Shupe, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado and co-leader of the MOSAiC expedition. The rest of the crew will be exchanged with the help of two other German research ships that will meet the Polarstern on the sea ice edge. “We are on the cusp right now of the onset of the sea ice melt season and that’s a really important transition,” said Shupe.

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