The scientific program coordinated by Dr. Christian Haas will concern snow and ice thickness measurements during the expedition. These data will be collected all the way between North Pole and Ellesmere Island which is significative of icefloe melting state. The results will be compared to the ones done in the past and also to aerial and satellites data. By improving data bases with fieldwork measures, they will help keeping a watch over melting rate of the sea ice in the arctic.

Dr. Christian Haas : German, 42 years old, he is a sea ice specialist and works in Canada at Alberta university where he’s giving courses and running a research laboratory about polar environment and climate. He is a geophysical Doctor and has also been working for many years at the German polar institute « Alfred Wegener Institute » as a researcher. His work in the arctic, especially during the International Polar Year, contributes to European scientific programs « DAMOCLES » devoted to climate studies in the arctic.

Read the letter of support of Dr. Christian Haas (english)

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