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Scientists to study climate changes in the Arctic

Kapitan Dranitsyn

An international party of scientists embarks the Russian diesel-powered icebreaker “Kapitan Dranitsyn” on Saturday for an expedition to the Arctic.

Location

The icebreaker will pick up the scientist in the port of Kirkenes, TV Murman reports. For three week the scientists from Russia, Norway, Canada and Germany will be studying the waters and sea floor around Spitsbergen, the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea.

The aim of the expedition is to gain information on climate changes in the Arctic.