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Scientific challenges in the Arctic: Open water

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As the ice melts, fresh obstacles confront Arctic researchers.

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Daniel Cressey is a reporter with Nature in London. Additional reporting by Richard Monastersky.

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Cressey, D. Scientific challenges in the Arctic: Open water. Nature 478, 174–177 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478174a

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