Why climate scientists are trying to fly through Arctic cyclones in a small aircraft.
The team has to fly hundreds of kilometres from Svalbard to reach the edge of the sea ice
The team of scientists - together with a specialist pilot - are trying to fly their small research aircraft through summer cyclones at very low levels."These are major weather systems in the Arctic," explains Prof John Methven. "They can blow the ice around very rapidly and result in rapid ice loss.
Prof Methven has studied cyclones for more than a decade, but says this is the first aircraft experiment targeting Arctic summertime cyclones.
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