U.S. Icebreaking Woes Threaten McMurdo Resupply, Research Plans

Last month, the Swedish government abruptly ended an ongoing agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation that allowed NSF to lease the icebreaker Oden to resupply McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Author: Mervis, Jeffrey
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2011
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
oden
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.333.6045.927
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.333.6045.927
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Summary:Last month, the Swedish government abruptly ended an ongoing agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation that allowed NSF to lease the icebreaker Oden to resupply McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

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