Arctic Researchers Grapple with Climate and Travel Paradox (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Arctic Researchers Grapple with Climate and Travel Paradox

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology biologist Bjørn Munro Jenssen out in the field in Svalbard. Like all field researchers on the Norwegian archipelago, he has to carry a rifle and a flare gun because of the risk of polar bear attack. Now he's one of a group of researchers encouraging peers to consider cutting flights because of the damage global heating is doing to Arctic sea ice.

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