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Take part in CNN’s search for extreme science
CNN is going to the Arctic Circle – and we want you to be part of the journey.
Our special correspondent, environmental activist Philippe Cousteau, grandson of acclaimed explorer Jacques Cousteau, will be accompanied by CNN producer Matt Vigil and cameraman Darren Bull. They’ll battle the sub-zero elements and the threat of polar bears on a two-week mission to report on the work of the Catlin Arctic Survey.
The Arctic Circle that rings the North Pole is known as ground zero for climate change.
We’ll explore the work done by scientists who are collecting data and samples to find out how melting ice is impacting ocean currents, marine life and the climate and weather conditions around the world.
We want your questions for the CNN team and the scientists. You might want to know what it’s like working in such extreme conditions, what challenges the CNN team faces, or more about the science they’re carrying out.
Comment here and we’ll pass on your questions. They might become part of our coverage!
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By breaking up the ice, could we slow global warming?
By increasing the surface area of the ice, waters could be cooled faster potentially dropping pressures around the globe
Its a free country if you want to freeze you ass off then do it have a safe trip!
How did u get by the cesors with word A$$
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Pssss on libya! let em die and what cool stuff are you bringing from the airports? i want some
Come on – don't you realize that hundreds of scientists "brave' these conditions year after year in the Arctic and Antarctic to understand global change ? A few reporters going there is not news.
Plus you might ask Monsieur Cousteau about all the oil drums his grandfather left floating around the Antarctic Peninsula to spoil the shores there in the late 60's early 70's!
Ian,
There are a lot of scientists and explorers that go to the poles each year. That is the point of this expedition...to tell thier story.
can I go too?
What kind of endurance training/testing do you undergo before you set off on such a mission? what are the immediate health hazards on such a trip? what kind of trickle-down effects do changes in weather patterns there have on the rest of the world? how fast is the arctic polar ice cap melting?
Will you eat Spam?
How will studies of the Arctic help in changing a common person perspective towards climate?
Since the scientists are working many years out there, My question is has conditions in the Arctic the same today as they were many years ago? and what changes?
What are the current new scientific experiment conducted out there?
Our goal is to share the science with the public to help people understand what is going on. The importance of conducting this science year after year is to understand a baseline to track changes. Over the last few decades there has been a consistent decline is summer sea ice coverage, a change in salinity levels and a rise in acidity levels in the water. All of these are the various different types of science we will be exploring.
How will it effect having lived in normal world, then in the frigid arctic and then again coming back to normal world? Will their body be able to adjust to such an extreme change in environmental conditions?
How long will the arctic ice stay looking at present global warming?
Effects of this ice melting on the animals?
Where do u poop? Seriously.
what are you hoping to find?
I love the idea of cold Northern places. There is something noble about it.
My heritage is Teutonic, and so I guess it is in my blood. I am proud of this heritage and its accomplishments. Some people have theorized that it is the extreme stress of trying to survive in bitter winters that has given Teutonic people ingenuity, and so this is why we have accomplished so much. Others insist it is simply because we spend so much time indoors during the winter, we had time on our hands to invent stuff!
Either way, I do believe the Teutonic people are special, and will forever be strongly tied to far Northern regions of Europe.
Lake shore drive in January and February is a PURRfect training ground for an arctic team. It is the lone liest populated place in America those two months.it was fun sunbathing on the exhaust ports of the Prudential building in -5 degree weather!
You talking 'bout Chi-Town? Couldn't agree more. Although, if you head far enough north on Lake Shore and then "inland" you can always find some cougars at the Nacional 27 ..... speaking of PURRing. Something to keep you warm there .......
Would you eat green eggs and ham.
You bet I would, I am I am!