From Norway to Russia

2013-09-12

N26135 is continuing her journey far into Russian territory. She crossed the Barents Sea, walked south of Franz Josef Land, passed the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya and continued all the way to the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. The ice edge has been receding in a north easterly direction and N26135 has continuously followed the ice. During the last weeks she has moved to the north, again presumably a response to the ice conditions in the area, and in the beginning of September she was at about 82 degrees north and 91 degrees east, that is very far away from Svalbard! During the next month or so it is believed that the seasonal ice melt with slow down as temperatures drop, and soon we will see a growing amount of ice again. We are following the movements of N26135 closely and cross our fingers that her collar will continue to transmit, so that we are able to document more of this fascinating journey.

- Jon Aars, NPI

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