China to participate in all-year-round Arctic expedition
2018-08-16 09:53:12 source：Global Times
August 16, 2018
Chinese scientists will board the German icebreaker RV Polarstern next year to research the Arctic climate system, which Chinese experts said could help people better understand climate change.
China will participate in the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) project from September 2019 to October 2020, Science and Technology Daily reported Wednesday.
The team will use the RV Polarstern as a base to observe sea ice, the ocean and the atmosphere en route to the North Pole, Zhang Lin, director of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center's polar office, told the paper.
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