give fresh insight into how the world's climate is changing the expedition of the century from marcus rex it starts with him leaving his family after setting sail from the norwegian pool to the post and will be at sea for 12 months some $300.00 scientists from 17 countries will join it to learn more about climate change and. the arctic is the region we least understand in terms of climate and where we have the greatest uncertainties about climate predictions that's what this expedition aims to change as soon as the polar stern reaches the ice a huge research station will be set up around the ship then the drift over the pole begins its new territory for science where will take us what will happen to the ice over the year will break up how fast will melt so that's a huge challenge there and of course facing the winter time in the arctic it's dark it's winter for the federal research minister also travel to tromso to make the ice after all germany's raised about half of the projects 140000000 euro budget isn't in the uk we are very well positioned to chris search in germany has all of the e