The international MOSAiC expedition to the Arctic has reached the North Pole
The research ship Polarstern encountered unusually easy ice conditions most of the way to the pole.
The year-long MOSAiC international science expedition traveled across the geographic North Pole just after midday on August 19, which the crew celebrated with a small gathering on the Polarstern’s bridge. The research icebreaker traveled along the Fram Strait on the northeast side of Greenland in a region that historically used to be home to thick multiyear ice. The vessel, however, encountered only light ice and completed the journey in just six days.
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