A NOAA research vessel trapped in sea ice near Alaska. Increasingly mobile sea ice is a growing hazard for the shipping industry as climate change enables boats to use the Chukchi Sea as a new, faster route between Europe, Asia, and North America. Credit: Crew and Officers of NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN
Featured Research: Ship-stranding Arctic ice was forecastable — and will strike again
With 80 more ice-free days per year today than in 1979, the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea is…
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