The COVID-19 crisis is throwing off the complex logistics of a year-long research expedition to study Arctic climate change.
, they may now have to remain in the ice until June, essentially doubling their shift. Five such rotations were planned for the expedition over the course of the year.
Shupe says the default plan is for the team on the ice to come home on the exchange that was already scheduled for June, though other options are being considered to get them back sooner.
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