francis crable: i'm in chicago right, so we don't have an ocean or anything and i wanted to do marineearch. this is like, huge. you know, nobody gets to do this and go on a research expedition as an undergrad. krystian kopka: getting accepted was probably one of the best days of my life. i just started checking my emails like every hour. all of a sudden, congratulations you got accepted, and it was surreal. [hum of equipment] rose santana: it's really just completely out of my comfort zone. wow, like how did i get here? you know, this little girl who once wanted to study marine science, you know, from florida, is now in the arctic. kevin montenegro: this place is changing more than any other place in the world due to climate change. we need more effort going into the arctic and understanding what's actually happening here, the dynamics of climate change. narrator: in thule they board the swedish icebreaker oden. two of the participants are inuit young professionals who live in the arctic region called nunavut. none of the other students have been to the arctic and no one has been on a