nearly 130 years ago norwegian explorer frithiof nonsense froze his ship from into the arctic ice sheet he and his crew spent months drifting towards the north pole measuring the salt content and temperature of the water and observing the ocean currents. in september 29th teen a german research ship set off in the wake of the fremen expedition with an international team of researchers on board. the last stand set sail from transit in norway settled into an ice floe and is now on its way through the arctic ocean. trapped in the arctic ice surrounded by the dark polar night there were such wrestled palash down is stuck out of reach of ice breakers until june although the arctic is called the epicenter of. global climate change there still isn't enough data about what's happening that. expedition head to marcus next is back on the mainland and describes what it felt like when the vessel got trapped in the ice. it's a strange feeling just when you've gotten used to things the interior of the ice begins to shift major pressure events make the ice crack. ridges of ice might bump into the ship