The international expedition of oceanologists has found out full absence of an ice in Laptev Sea. Vessel “Victor Buynitskiy ” with scientists onboard could rise up to 80 degrees of the north latitude and conduct comprehensive studies of the distribution of greenhouse gases at the large depths. The participant of expedition the employee of The Pacific Oceanological Institute - Far East branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Igor Semiletov has told about this today. Before the Titanic, the Fram was the most famous ship in the world.
“We passed those places; where more than a century ago drifted, stopped up in ices, legendary vessel “The Fram” of Fridtjof Nansen, and anywhere have not met icy pour on. Northern seaway practically for entire elongation in this year is passed for the vessels. Temperature of water everywhere is not below plus three degrees of Celsius. This makes the results of our expedition even more significant for understanding of the processes of global warming “, it described Semiletov.
The largest in the program of The International Arctic Year expedition left on the vessel “Victor Buynitskiy ” from the Norwegian port The Kirkiness in the beginning of September. On its board was group of oceanologists from Russia, Canada, USA, Great Britain and Germany. Within 45 days of expedition it was necessary to carry out researches along all Arctic coasts - from the Barents to the East Siberian Sea. Now scientists work in the Laptev Sea, where carry out researches of distribution of greenhouse gases on the large depths of 2 km. Such studies are conducted for the first time. Previously it was possible to obtain data only from the depths of 100 meters.
According to the scientists, similar comprehensive studies at the Arctic continental shelf will make it possible to obtain the qualitatively new data about the entering of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and to forecast the scenarios of the influence of warming of the climate of planet. Far-Eastern oceanologists assume that the warming of climate leads to the destruction of coastal ice complex, a coastal permafrost and the isolation of carbon dioxide and methane, which even more greatly strengthen “greenhouse” effect.
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