Sentences with phrase «research icebreaker»

This photo was made during an expedition of the German research icebreaker Polarstern into the central Arctic Ocean.

The Arctic deployment of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen is undertaken through a long - standing collaboration between the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and University - led Arctic science in Canada.

I spent 6 weeks aboard the German research icebreaker R / V Polarstern last year leaving Tromso in Norway in early September and returned to Bremerhaven, Germany in October.

The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first leg of the 2017 Expedition due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice, caused by climate change.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and the research vessel Sikuliaq will join partners from Europe and Canada in the newly formed Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE).

The Nansen Legacy project breaks new ground in national - scale Arctic research collaborations, forming a national team representing nearly Norway's entire marine Arctic expertise including 130 scientists, 50 new recruiting positions and Norway's new research icebreaker.

Our knowledge of the Canadian Arctic has increased tremendously during the last decade as a result of increased sampling effort made possible by a dedicated research icebreaker (CCGS Amundsen) and the emergence of major scientific programs (e.g. CASES, ArcticNet, CFL, CHONe, C3O, IPY, Arctic Census of Marine Life).

Researchers on the ice will rely on aircraft support from UK and US research stations, but oceanographers and geophysicists will approach the glacier from the sea in British and American research icebreakers.

Barber et al.: In situ observations from Canadian Research Icebreaker (NGCC) Amundsen indicate that the multi-year sea ice pack in the Southern Beaufort Sea was not as ubiquitous as it appeared within satellite remote sensing data products in early September 2009.

In order to gauge the level of pollution, the researchers took advantage of an expedition that brought the research icebreaker Polarstern to the Fram Strait, the area between East Greenland and Svalbard.

The data was gathered in summer 2012, during an Arctic expedition on board the research icebreaker Polarstern.

With two research icebreakers, over 100 geologists and geographers from Canada and the United States, three Inuit mammal spotters on the watch for vulnerable wildlife, and two underwater autonomous vehicles that can operate beneath sheet ice, a geological survey team set out last night to crush their way through the last untrammelled regions of the Arctic, mapping the sea floor as they go.

The institute coordinates German polar research and makes available to national and international science important infrastructure, e.g. the research icebreaker «Polarstern» and research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic.

In early June, the Canadian coast guard pulled the research icebreaker Amundsen off its scientific expedition to escort ferries caught in the congested seas to open water, and conduct search and rescue operations for stranded passengers of ferry boats and ships trapped in the ice, as it was the only large icebreaker available at the time.

Elsewhere in Canada: Coast guard icebreaker keeps enough light to warn if polar bears try to jump on deck ABOARD THE CCGS AMUNDSEN — The only point of light in a vast stretch of the frozen Arctic Ocean dimmed slightly last night as the research icebreaker Amundsen symbolically joined the global movement for the environment.