On Wednesday 9 September 2026, moored to an ice floe, the Tara Polaris I expedition started its several-month drift deliberately trapped in ice. The scientific expedition is the first of ten expeditions aboard the Tara Polar Station aiming to study the Central Arctic Ocean, a sentinel of global climate changes.
Read more about this endeavour on the Swiss Polar Institute website: https://swisspolar.ch/2026/09/tara-polaris-i-expedition-starts-its-drift-in-the-arctic/
Header photograph: Tara Polar Station begins its drift after following in the wake of the Xue Long 2, a Chinese oceanographic icebreaker, that enabled it to reach its target of 82°24’N 155°03’E ©Sébastien Devrient – Tara Ocean Foundation
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