The MOSAiC ice floe: Sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Krumpen, Thomas, Birrien, Florent, Kauker, Frank, Rackow, Thomas, Von Albedyll, Luisa, Angelopoulos, Michael, Jakob Belter, H., Bessonov, Vladimir, Damm, Ellen, Dethloff, Klaus, Haapala, Jari, Haas, Christian, Harris, Carolynn, Hendricks, Stefan, Hoelemann, Jens, Hoppmann, Mario, Kaleschke, Lars, Karcher, Michael, Kolabutin, Nikolai, Lei, Ruibo, Lenz, Josefine, Morgenstern, Anne, Stanton, Tim, For full author list, see comments below
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SJSU ScholarWorks 2020
• Subjects: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; New Siberian Islands; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/4041; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020; https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/context/faculty_rsca/article/5040/viewcontent/The_20MOSAiC_20ice_20floe_20sediment_laden_20survivor_20from_20the_20Siberian_20shelf.pdf

In September 2019, the research icebreaker Polarstern started the largest multidisciplinary Arctic expedition to date, the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) drift experiment. Being moored to an ice floe for a whole year, thus including the winter season,...