Mission: Arctic : a scientific adventure to a changing North Pole

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Mission: Arctic : a scientific adventure to a changing North Pole

Author:

Weiss-Tuider, Katharina, author.

Uniform Title:

Expedition Polarstern. English

ISBN:

9781771649568

Physical Description:

121 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Foreword: Frozin in the ice -- Part 1. The biggest Arctic exploration of all time -- Part 2. Climate research on the ice ; Team Ice ; Team Atmosphere ; Team Ocean ; Team Ecosystem ; Team Biogeochemistry -- Part 3. Our Arctic, our future.

Reading Level:

IG 990 L Lexile

Corporate Subject:

Polarstern (Ship)

Conference Subject:

MOSAiC expedition (2019)

Subject Term:

Global warming -- Research -- Arctic regions.

Global warming -- Arctic regions.

Climatic changes -- Arctic regions.

Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions.

Geographic Term:

Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.

Added Author:

Tanaka, Shelley,

Schneider, Christian (Illustrator),

Summary:

"For kids 8 to 13, join the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken--and discover the secrets hidden deep in the ice that reveal how one of the world's crucial ecosystems is changing. The Arctic is changing--fast. The once-frozen landscape is melting before our eyes, and the effects can be felt around the world. But the Arctic is also the region we know the least about. Thick ice, extreme cold, and total darkness have always prevented scientists from uncovering its secrets. Until now. This science-based guide for middle readers follows the 2019 MOSAiC expedition on the largest expedition to the Arctic ever undertaken. On board the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker research vessel, more than five hundred scientists from all over the world turned their attention to this mysterious region. Their mission? To let their vessel freeze in the sea ice and drift towards the North Pole in order to study how the Arctic is changing, and how these changes will affect our world."--

Language Note:

IN ENGLISH, TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.

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For kids 8 to 13, join the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken--and discover the secrets hidden deep in the ice that reveal how one of the world's crucial ecosystems is changing.

The Arctic is changing--fast. The once-frozen landscape is melting before our eyes, and the effects can be felt around the world. But the Arctic is also the region we know the least about. Thick ice, extreme cold, and total darkness have always prevented scientists from uncovering its secrets. Until now.

This science-based guide for middle readers follows the 2019 MOSAiC expedition on the largest expedition to the Arctic ever undertaken. On board the Polarstern , a powerful ice-breaker research vessel, more than five hundred scientists from all over the world turned their attention to this mysterious region. Their mission? To let their vessel freeze in the sea ice and drift towards the North Pole in order to study how the Arctic is changing, and how these changes will affect our world.

Mission: Arctic features:

Filled with photographs from the expedition Thrilling facts, illustrations, diagrams, and fact bars about the polar region The dangerous conditions the scientists endured, from freezing temperatures to terrifying storms and polar bears The important discoveries made on the mission

Through this thrilling book, readers will discover the Arctic ice is not as permanent as we thought, and what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The knowledge gathered on the Polarstern has the power to determine our planet's future--if only we pay attention.

Author Notes

Katharina Weiss-Tuider writes about the environment, climate, food and agriculture. She accompanied the MOSAiC Expedition as communications manager at the Alfred Wegener Institute. The protection of the Arctic has become especially important to her ever since she saw her first polar bear in the wild.

Christian Schneider loves nature in all its facets, which he captures on paper with colored pencil. He especially enjoys glimpses of the foxes who live in his neighborhood--a touch of wilderness in the urban jungle of Berlin.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3--7--Could you spend a year in the frigid darkness drifting with ice floes in the Arctic? Join the MOSAiC expedition team aboard the Polarstern to examine ice caps vital to our ecosystem before they disappear. Multidisciplinary scientists from over 20 countries and 37 nationalities studied climate change from the least explored area on Earth, the North Pole. Weiss-Tuider was an expedition member who breaks down the content into three parts: Arctic expedition, climate research, and humanity's future. The Polarstern affords bountiful stargazing, wonderful meals, water basketball, and a sauna; but it is more difficult to communicate with home than it is for astronauts on the International Space Station. The text resembles a logbook or corkboard packed with stunning mixed-media images and bold, colorful graphics explaining scientific concepts and what a typical day looks like, along with the route of the planned drift alongside historical photos and diagrams that compare and contrast prior Arctic experiences. The text is clear and the use of concise vocabulary makes complex concepts accessible. A quiz is included to check how smart our environmental choices are, and Weiss-Tuider discusses the role young people play in making wise decisions and activism. VERDICT Action-packed text is broken down into portions ideal for striving readers who care about protecting our environment and are fascinated by the enormous research gathered, and scientific strides accomplished on the Polarstern. Recommended for nonfiction collections.--Laura Dooley-Taylor

Kirkus Review

A groundbreaking--and ice-breaking--13-month exploration of the Arctic. From 2019 to 2020, the German research ship Polarstern used Norwegian scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen's 19th-century discovery of sea ice drift to travel from Norway to the Fram Strait off Greenland. Allowed to freeze in the ice, the ship drifted along with the floe before finally breaking north through the ice to the pole. International teams traded off every two or three months. The expedition, aptly named MOSAIC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate), produced countless discoveries about this largely unknown region. The author, an expedition member, offers her account in bits and pieces. She explains their rationale: The Arctic is "the epicenter of climate change," and what happens here affects the rest of the planet. She describes the overall plan and provides historical background, focusing particularly on Nansen's trip in 1893. Weiss-Tuider discusses their climate research: investigating the ice, the atmosphere, the ocean underneath the ice cap, and "biogeochemistry." All this is presented through a lengthy, smooth, liberally illustrated text, translated from German. The lively design includes maps, labeled drawings, logbook notes, photographs big and small, even sticky notes. An enormous amount of information is packed in, though the author doesn't share much about the personal impact of being part of such an important expedition. People depicted in illustrations are diverse. Readers curious about the ins and outs of scientific discovery will be intrigued. (glossary, index) (Nonfiction. 9-14) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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