2016 ORP Greenland Climate Project: Phase 1
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Weeks 1 and 2. Matt talks science mission objectives; the sailing research/vessel, Ault is de-winterized in Sisimiut, on Greenland's southwest coast; and the crew prepares to set sail on its data collection mission that will take them well north of the Arctic Circle and into narrow, ice-clogged fjords.
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Ault and its crew sail north along Greenland's west coast to Disko Bay. There, they deploy sensors to track glacier calving activity.
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Ault and its crew collect microplastics data in Baffin Bay off Greenland's east coast. Matt talks about his 2013-2014 microplastics research voyage to the Atlantic Gyre.
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The R/V Ault sails into Greenland's uncharted Inglefield Fjord, well above the Arctic Circle some 800 miles from the North Pole. Ault is there to collect data for NASA's Ocean Melting Research Program. OMG is a 5-year study researching the health of the Greenland's icecap and its surrounding fjor...
