Heading Farther North than She has ever Been
![Photo by Lukas Piotrowski, Alfred Wegener Institute The research vessel Polarstern sits frozen into the Arctic Ocean ice. The icebreaker, owned by the Alfred Wegener Institute of Bremerhaven, Germany, will house more than 600 scientists from more than 20 countries before its yearlong mission ends in September 2020. Heading Farther North than She has ever Been](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2020-03-13-3.jpg)
On the cusp of Interior Alaska’s springtime, Melinda Webster will not experience it this year. She’ll miss most of summer, too. Webster will soon head north of Earth’s landmasses, to spend the next half year cradled in ice. Webster, a sea-ice specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, will in a […]