A Polar Expedition To The Top Of The World: Part 1

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🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A massive scientific mission is underway in the Arctic. Physicists, chemists, and biologists are studying the changing region, so they can better predict what might be ahead for the Arctic...and the planet. But first, they had to find a patch of ice suitable to get stuck in, so they could freeze in place and study it for an entire year. Reporter Ravenna Koenig was along for the journey. You can find photos from her trip here. Follow Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia or Ravenna @vennkoenig. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:06.0	Maddie Sufaya here.
0:07.0	Today's episode is about a scientific expedition to the top of the world.
0:12.0	Reporter Ravana Canig is here to tell us all about it.
0:15.0	Hey, Ravana.
0:16.0	Hey, Maddie.
0:17.0	Alright, let's not waste time.
0:18.0	Tell me where it starts.
0:19.0	So this expedition that started back in September in Trumpson, Norway, which you should really
0:24.0	look on a map.
0:25.0	It's way up there.
0:29.0	Trumps is where I first stepped onto this mass of German ice breaking ship called the Polar
0:32.8	Stern, where around 200 people were moving mass of amounts of equipment on board, unpacking
0:37.5	instruments, and starting to install and test them.
0:41.4	One of the people involved in all this activity was Matthew Schupe, a scientist with the University
0:45.3	of Colorado, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
0:49.0	Excited and nervous.
0:50.0	I am both of those things.
0:52.0	And Schupe is a co-coordinator for this endeavor, which for this part at least involves
0:56.0	two ships.
0:57.0	It's known as, are you ready for an acronym?
1:00.0	The multidisciplinary drifting observatory for the study of Arctic climate or mosaic.
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