Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Hear from Colorado-based MOSAiC participants (from CU Boulder, NOAA, CSU) as they reflect on the last 13 months: The RV Polarstern has been locked in the Central Arctic since September 2019, hosting hundreds of scientists from around the world. On Monday, October 12, 2020—the ship finally returns to land. This epic research mission collected unprecedented datasets, as researchers studied every aspect of the Arctic environment, from the sea to the sky. Data from this mission will serve science for decades to come... The science is just beginning.

MOSAiC
Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate

Footage:
Lianna Nixon/CIRES and CU Boulder
Chris Cox/NOAA
Michael Gallagher/CIRES and NOAA
Amy Richman/CIRES and CU Boulder

Scientists Featured: (in order of first appearence)
Sara Morris/ NOAA
Dave Costa/CIRES and NOAA
Anne Gold/CIRES and CU Boulder
Radiance Calmer/CIRES and CU Boulder
Matthew Shupe/CIRES and NOAA
Jessie Creamean/CSU
Chris Cox/NOAA
Gijs de Boer/CIRES

Editing:
Katie Weeman/CIRES and CU Boulder

Music:
Bensound

Learn more:
mosaic.colorado.edu