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Climate change: Polarstern icebreaker begins year-long Arctic drift
Image copyright Esther Horvath Image caption RV Polarstern (left), aided by the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov, has found the right floe German Research Vessel Polarstern has found a location to begin its year-long drift in Arctic sea-ice. The ship, which will head the North Pole’s biggest scientific expedition, will settle next to a thick ice …