MOSAiC stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. It is the largest expedition into the central Arctic ever attempted. For a full year, German ice-breaker “Polarstern” will be enclosed in the arctic pack-ice during the years 2019 to 2020. Laden with modern scientific instruments and drifting with the sea ice across the central Arctic, the Polarstern will get close to the North Pole in the arctic winter.
MOSAiC will contribute to a quantum leap in our understanding of the coupled Arctic climate system and its representation in global climate models. The focus of MOSAiC lies on direct in-situ observations of the climate processes that couple the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem. The project with a total budget exceeding 140 Million € has been designed by an international consortium of leading polar research institutions, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).
For more information on MOSAiC, please visit the expedition-website here: https://www.mosaic-expedition.org or follow the team on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/mosaic_expedition/