The only South Korean icebreaker Araon with some researchers on board went on a long expedition to polar latitudes, as per a report at porarctic.ru. The thirteenth expedition of the South Korean scientists will last until October 4; the icebreaker is expected to cover about 15 thousand kilometres. This news was announced on July 4, 2022 by the Korea Institute of Polar Research.
The scientific programme of the expedition includes a wide range of works aimed at studying the marine flora and fauna of the Arctic. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the impact of global climate change on the ecosystems of the Arctic waters, including the Bering and the East Siberian Seas, as well as the Beaufort Sea. The findings obtained from observations and measurements will be transmitted to the Institute in real time.
There are grounds for the attention paid to the Arctic by many foreign researchers, including those representing non-polar states. The Arctic is rightly seen as the “climatic laboratory” of the planet because the polar latitudes have a significant impact on weather and climate factors as well as the trends that manifest themselves on a global scale. The world scientific community is interested in building up the efforts for a comprehensive indepth study of the Arctic. And this makes the efforts to preserve the existing formats of the international scientific cooperation on Arctic issues with the participation of high-latitude countries - including Russia - more relevant, and launching new formats is of importance.
The scientific programme of the expedition includes a wide range of works aimed at studying the marine flora and fauna of the Arctic. Particular attention will be paid to assessing the impact of global climate change on the ecosystems of the Arctic waters, including the Bering and the East Siberian Seas, as well as the Beaufort Sea. The findings obtained from observations and measurements will be transmitted to the Institute in real time.
There are grounds for the attention paid to the Arctic by many foreign researchers, including those representing non-polar states. The Arctic is rightly seen as the “climatic laboratory” of the planet because the polar latitudes have a significant impact on weather and climate factors as well as the trends that manifest themselves on a global scale. The world scientific community is interested in building up the efforts for a comprehensive indepth study of the Arctic. And this makes the efforts to preserve the existing formats of the international scientific cooperation on Arctic issues with the participation of high-latitude countries - including Russia - more relevant, and launching new formats is of importance.
