
MOSAiC Cruise Blog 2019-2020
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
MOSAiC is the world’s largest and most comprehensive expedition to the central Arctic Ocean. Five UAF researchers will take part, embarking on multiple legs of a year-long journey onboard icebreaker RV Polarstern locked in the frozen sea ice and set to drift past the north pole.
The unprecedented Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate will capture the closest look ever at the Arctic to understand why it is warming faster than any other region on the planet. Hundreds of scientists from around the world will gather data related to the ocean, sea ice, snow and atmosphere from a chemical, physical and biological point of view.
UAF’s team will write a weekly blog, providing a rare glimpse into life as a scientist conducting research in one of the most extreme and unique environments on earth. An environment whose changes, although poorly understood, are already impacting sea level rise, storminess, ocean and atmospheric warming at lower latitudes.

Rob Rember

International Arctic Research Center
UAF science lead, studies the interface between the ocean, ice & atmosphere
Marc Oggier

International Arctic Research Center
Post doctoral researcher, studies sea ice physics like temperature, salinity & the physical structure
Ana Aguilar-Islas

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Associate professor, studies macro & micro- nutrients in snow, sea ice & water
Mette Kaufman

International Arctic Research Center
Research professional, specializes in sea ice science
Rachel Lekanoff

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
PhD student, studies sea ice chemistry, macro & micronutrients