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World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date, German marine ..

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€130m Cruise Vessel Completes Historic Arctic Expedition

  • The German Research Vessel Polarstern has sailed back into its home port after completing a remarkable expedition to the Arctic Ocean.
  • The €130m (£120m/$150m) cruise set was part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) venture.
  • The ship spent a year in the polar north, much of it with its engines turned off so it could simply drift in the sea-ice.
  • The point was to study the Arctic climate and how it is changing.

The German Research Vessel...

https://mfame.guru/e130m-cruise-vessel-completes-historic-arctic-expedition/

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