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Tracing the Ice Age

Jul 16, 2013
The German research vessel Maria S. Merian iin theNorwegian port of Tromsö. Photo: MARUM, University of Bremen
On July 16th, the German research vessel Maria S. Merian sailed from the port of Tromsö. On board is an international team of scientists, who for the first time will deploy the sea floor drill rig MARUM-MeBo in Arctic waters. The researchers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, and Denmark plan to drill marine sediments in the western Barents Sea in order to reconstruct ice coverage and melting processes, which occurred in this region during the final stage of the last ice age. more...