More than 500 participants from over 16 nations have spent a year in the Arctic ice collecting important data on the Arctic climate system. From September 2019 through October 2020, the icebreaker RV Polarstern drifted across the central Arctic near the North Pole frozen in sea ice during one of the most extensive Arctic research expeditions ever conducted. You can learn more about the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) research expedition at mosaic.colorado.edu! Bring MOSAiC into your classroom with Data Puzzles, 360-degree virtual experiences, the Polar Planetarium field trip, classroom curriculum, and more learning resources. Experience MOSAiC all around you with two planetarium films featuring footage captured by videographers on the Polarstern now showing at Fiske Planetarium in Boulder (also available to view in 2D on Youtube).
Context for Use
In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen successfully froze a specially-designed ship, the Fram, into Arctic sea ice in an attempt to drift to the North Pole. Take a virtual stroll through the Fram and learn all about Nansen and his crew's adventures in the Arctic with this virtual expedition.
Photo: National Library of Norway
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What Students Will Do
Students and the general public will travel back in time to the historic Arctic expedition, Nansen's Fram.
