
Warning sign of global warming
This part of the planet on the edge of the North Pole is warming three times faster than other parts of the world. The sea ice, a fine layer of salty ice is gradually disappearing. It is melting so fast that we are undoubtedly the last generation to still have a chance of protecting it or of knowing the unique marine biodiversity which depends upon it.
- 70 % of the volume of sea ice has disappeared in 40 years
- 4 000 m deep
- 6 months of polar night per year
- 10 km per day drift of sea ice
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Tara Arctic
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On the edge of the Arctic, Tara the most northerly sailing ship ever
In 2006, the young team from Tara and the CNRS embarked on an extraordinary human and scientific adventure: to cross the Arctic Ocean drifting with the sea ice for 18 months in the wake of the Fram, and carrying out scientific research into climate change with the European Commission.
Tara Oceans
Analyses in progress
First sailing ship to sail round the Arctic Ocean in one season.
For the first time in history, Tara and the researchers from the Tara Océans expedition were able to observe the biodiversity of the plankton in the Russian and Canadian Arctic, and to compare it to other oceanic ecosystems. It is unique, endemic to the Arctic and invaluable to humanity.
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