EventThe Tara Polar Station—a floating laboratory shaped like an aluminium igloo—departed Lorient on Sunday July 19. It will travel with polar sea‑ice into the Arctic to monitor climate variables and marine ecosystems over a multi‑year mission.
A French-designed floating research station has departed for the Arctic, where it will drift with polar ice to conduct studies on climate change and Arctic biology.
The Tara Polar Station, a floating igloo vessel, leaves Lorient, France to carry out a long‑term scientific expedition into the Arctic.
The Tara Polar Station leaves France aboard its floating laboratory to launch a long‑term study of Arctic biodiversity.
A floating research station shaped like an aluminium igloo left France on Sunday to launch a long‑term Arctic mission.
A floating research station shaped like a giant aluminium igloo departed France on Sunday to commence a multi‑year scientific mission in the Arctic, marking the start of a new long‑term polar research presence.
