Retrieval of Ice Samples Using the Ice Drone

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Daniel F. Carlson, Jonathan Pasma, Mathias Edslev Jacobsen, Mads Holm Hansen, Steffen Thomsen, Jeppe Pinholt Lillethorup, Frederik Sebastian Tirsgaard, Adam Flytkjær, Claus Melvad, Katja Laufer, Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Lorenz Meire, Søren Rysgaard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: iceberg; sea ice; sediment; nutrients; iron; drone; Science; Q; Greenland; Nuuk; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00287; https://doaj.org/article/90427f5457a745c8bcb40b5c15327b7b

The ecological impacts of meltwater produced by icebergs and sea ice in the waters around Greenland are poorly understood, due in part to limited observations. Current field sampling methods are resource and labor-intensive, and not without significant risk. We developed a small, unoccupied, and rob...