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by Matthew Shupe, CIRES\/NOAA scientist and co-coordinator of MOSAiC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a 7-week journey to this point. Perhaps we can call it a commute. But now we are finally at our MOSAiC ice floe. I can see it with my own eyes. Some orange flags here and there with various installations around. I\u2019m still trying to get oriented, but I\u2019m sure it is our stuff out there. What does it feel like to be back? Probably the first feeling is relief, after such a long journey to finally get here. After these 7 weeks we can finally stop the transitory phase and actually get back to implementing our science. Also, somewhat excited. There hasn\u2019t been much to be excited about lately, but the through of stepping off the ship onto our floe again is very exciting. Time to get after it once again. We\u2019ve been busily planning our coming moves.\u00a0 How will we modify the set up to be lighter on the ice and more nimble. We are working through plans for power lines and distribution hubs, modified to add floatation. Optimizing the plans to eliminate infrastructure where possible. Squeezing down the scale of our activities because we will likely need to share a smaller space across may different projects and scientific needs.\u00a0 Strange to be going through this \u201cplanning the set up\u201d process again. This time with fewer of the people that have been involved in the planning for a long time. We got a chance to correct some of the issues from last time, but pretty much have the same set of equipment. It\u2019s time to get a little creative. And this time a new challenge. While back in October we were racing the setting sun. This time we are racing the melting snow and ice. The more this melt season progresses the more challenging it will be to operate on the surface. Slushy and wet conditions will make it hard to haul equipment and establish the basic infrastructure. If it is not one thing it is something else; always a challenge out here in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arrival at MOSAiC Floe, Fortress, during Leg 4 in the morning. We park longside with the Fortress Flow on starboard side.\u00a0 Photo: Lisa Grosfeld\/AWI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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