North Pole 37 Arrives at Its Destination
15.09.2009 - Atmosphere & Space, Water & Oceans, Land & Geology, Ice & Snow, Other, Arctic
North Pole 37, the 37th Russian manned drifting station, has reached an ice block north of Wrangel Island in easternareas of the Arctic Ocean aboard the Yamal nuclear-poweredicebreaker.
The sixteen members of the crew are now setto drift for one year, making year-round weather, aerological, andglacial observations. They will also study the processes influencingclimate change in the central Arctic region.
