Dr Jeremy Wilkinson from the British Antarctic Survey is an expert on sea ice dynamics, thermodynamics and mechanics, ocean wave propagation through sea ice, and deep-convection and water mass modification. He is the scientific coordinator of the European Union’s Ice, Climate, Economics – Arctic Research on Change project. He is currently on the RV Araon deploying buoys in the #Arctic. See his blog: http://www.ice-arc.eu/?p=1805
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