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Join Lianna Nixxon aboard the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Expedition. This planetarium film was rendered in 2D to be viewed on YouTube.
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Experience the MOSAiC expedition through a free 360-degree planetarium show that captures the first three months of this international Arctic mission, where scientists braved darkness and storms to study the region’s crucial role in global climate and weather.
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Videographer Lianna Nixon presented about her experiences on the MOSAiC Expedition and filming a planetarium show in the Arctic Circle.
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How does one repair a buoy frozen in sea ice? Click and drag in this 360-degree video from the MOSAiC expedition to find out!
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Watch MOSAiC researchers work near a meteorological tower on Arctic sea ice in this 360-degree video experience.
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What's it like working in a remote lab on board a ship in the middle of the Arctic? Click and drag in this 360-degree video to find out.
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Watch one of the most extreme soccer games you'll ever see being played on sea ice in the Arctic during the 2019-2020 MOSAiC research expedition.
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Immerse yourself in the Arctic and experience the MOSAiC expedition with 360° footage from MOSAiC research sites.
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Watch as scientists climb a meteorological tower on the ice to repair instruments that collect atmospheric data during the 2019-2020 MOSAiC research expedition.
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Immerse yourself in the Arctic and experience the MOSAiC expedition with 360° footage from MOSAiC research sites.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe conclude the series "Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic" with a summary of the course's major lessons.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe quickly overview Module 4: Sea Ice. The metaphorical "glue" that keeps the Polarstern in place, sea ice plays a leading role in both MOSAiC and the Arctic system.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe welcome viewers to the series "Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic".

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe quickly overview Module 1: Introduction & Course Basics.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this specific lesson, Tim Stanton talks about the relationship between the ocean and atmosphere in the Arctic. You'll also learn how the presence or absence of ice can affect ocean currents, vertical heat transport, solar radiation, and albedo feedback.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe quickly overview Module 2: Atmosphere.

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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." Check out the MOSAiC page for more details.

In this video, Drs. Anne Gold and Matthew Shupe quickly overview Module 3: Ocean.

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AWI's Thomas Krumpen discusses how scientists use satellite information to identify ice floes in the Arctic Ocean.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Alysa McCall and Dr. Steve Amstrup talk all things polar bear!
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Amy Solomon will teach you about her role in MOSAiC in coordinating international forecasting efforts.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, you'll learn about sunlight's vital role in the Arctic system.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Allison Fong discusses Arctic ice melt and what this means for the surrounding biological environment.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Kaare Sikuaq Erickson discusses the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) and its role in nearly twenty-five thousand research sites in/around Barrow, Alaska.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Allison Fong introduces you to nutrient biogeochemistry in the Arctic Ocean.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Marcel Nicolaus describes his role as MOSAiC's sea ice team leader and why their work is so crucial to the expedition.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe breaks down the work of MOSAiC's atmosphere team.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Katrin Vorkamp describes the Arctic as a recipient of global pollution.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Scott Stephenson focuses on the link between climate change and human activities.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic. In this specific lesson, Dr. James Overland discusses how sea ice loss can cause major changes in the Arctic climate — and more specifically, in the polar jet stream.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. John Walsh discusses how climate change is apparent throughout the Arctic (air, land, ice, and ocean) and that these changes are already impacting humans, wildlife, and the environment.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this lesson, Dr. Jessica Cross discusses ocean acidification and the dangers it poses to areas like marine life and food security.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Amy Solomon defines process modeling as an iterative process between observations and theory.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Marika Holland will teach you about climate models.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski explains the process of formulating regional models of the Arctic.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Jeff Bowman touches on differences between the adaptive strategies of warm vs. cold-bodied organisms.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Gunilla Svensson explains how important Earth system models are to understanding where both global and Arctic climate systems are headed.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Jessie Creamean discusses how aerosols affect clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere and why they're important to the Arctic.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Mark Serreze describes the Arctic as a highly varied environment undergoing some rapid changes.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Sandy Starkweather discusses geopolitics concerning the "Arctic Eight" nations and the six indigenous peoples organizations that make up the Arctic Council.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe broadly defines MOSAiC.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Jonathan Griffith tells the story of Fridtjof Nansen's trailblazing journey through the Arctic in the 1893 Fram Expedition.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. John Cassano describes the role of the Arctic in the Earth's energy budget and climate system.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Chris Cox will teach you about Earth's atmosphere.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Matthew Shupe explains the significance of clouds in the Arctic system and how they play important roles in precipitation, energy transfer, and climate modeling.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Drs. Jennifer Kay and Ariel Morrison introduce positive and negative albedo feedbacks that are important to the Arctic climate system (and polar bears!).
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Bill Shaw will teach you about ocean circulation driven by wind patterns and buoyancy.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Tim Stanton discusses the role of ocean stratification in controlling the way heat interacts with sea ice in the Arctic.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Benjamin Rabe talk about the MOSAiC expedition as a whole and what kinds of things scientists will be studying.
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In this specific lesson, Dr. Julienne Stroeve explains her research with MOSAiC in studying Arctic sea ice thickness.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Melinda Webster explains sea ice formation.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Jennifer Hutchings describes Arctic sea ice dynamics and how ridges and leads form during the transpolar drift.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Jennifer Hutchings defines sea ice kinetics.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Donald Perovich discusses sea ice mass balance.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Carin Ashjihan will introduce you to Arctic marine life by highlighting important organisms in the food chain.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Jeff Bowman will teach you about metabolic challenges and opportunities present for organisms living in Arctic sea ice.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Hauke Flores describes sea ice as an important driver in Arctic food webs.
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Clara Hoppe sheds light on the small but mighty phytoplankton!
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This video is part of a collection - “Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic." In this specific lesson, Dr. Brice Loose covers the topics of microbial carbon cycling and ocean circulation.
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Alberto Enriquez talks about what it takes to use helicopters for research in the Arctic.
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Hear from the Baker on Leg 1 of the MOSAiC Expedition.
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This peer-reviewed educational video describes sea ice and land ice processes that are unique to polar regions.
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This peer-reviewed educational video introduces feedbacks that are important in the Arctic climate system.
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This peer-reviewed educational video explains human-caused climate change including the greenhouse effect.
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