Scientists Trek to the North Pole To Measure Ice
Saturday night three arctic explorers were chucked from a plane, onto a plot of ice so far north of Canada, Canadians couldn't locate it. You have to imagine this would sound like a reality television show if it weren't for the nature of their task. These three brave souls will measure the depth of the Arctic ice at its typically deepest and most expansive point: the end of winter.
Pen Hardow, Ann Daniels, and Martin Hartley will trek nearly 700 miles north with a sledge full of equipment, including radar that will constantly measure ice thickness. The goal is to turn satellite images into on the ground, measurable data.
Will the Arctic be ice free in summers to come? Will polar bears have a place cold enough to live? Will penguins live?
Will the three explorers make it over expanses of open water? That's when they'll put on survival suits and swim.
The project should wrap up this May.
[via BBC]
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