To track changes in sea ice, the Norwegian research vessel Lance drifted along with it for five months in 2015, on a rare voyage from Arctic winter into spring. Photo: Andy Isaacson
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | Earth cools when sunlight reflects off Arctic sea ice—which is melting away. Where does that leave us?
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In Droege's lab at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, pizza boxes provide storage to thousands of pinned bee specimens. Volunteers Gene Scarpulla (in green) and Tim McMahon peer through microscopes to ID the insects. Credit: Robert Wright
AUDUBON | Once USGS biologist Sam Droege gets a research project up and running, he dreams up a new one—and builds it.
The R/V Lance. Credit: Andy Isaacson
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | Life aboard the icebound R.V. Lance, as scientists study the effect of warming temperatures on the Arctic.
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