Tara expeditions
The challenge of the polar schooner Tara is to drift on the Arctic pack ice for two years. On her board, scientists take turns to study the effects of the climate warming.
In September 2006, the scientific polar schooner Tara began her Arctic drift which will last for two years. Indeed, her rounded and flat hull enables her to resist to the extreme pressures exerted on her by the pack ice and to be carried through by it.
Led by Etienne Bourgois, the expedition takes place within the International Polar Year (IPA) 2007-2008 and is a major partner of the European scientific programme DAMOCLES. This extensive programme gathers more than 45 laboratories to develop an observation and long term prediction system of the Arctic Ice Sea so as to evaluate and foresee the risks and impacts of climate changes on our environment.
Bringing together science, technology, education and communication, Tara Arctic is a great human adventure of which the aim is to raise the world citizens awareness on the importance of ecological equilibriums.
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