In 2006 the National Science Foundation hired the Swedish icebreaker Oden to create a channel through a 15-mile band of ice blocking its Antarctic research base, McMurdo Station, from the sea. In addition to clearing the way, the Oden also carried researchers on board, who conducted several scientific studies that could shed light on how global warming might be affecting certain regions of Antarctica. Watch the ship plow through the famed Drake Passage and around the perimeter of the southern continent.
cool clip =)
zilouge 1 year ago