{"id":19448,"date":"2020-10-23T08:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T12:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=19448"},"modified":"2021-02-27T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T20:38:53","slug":"breaking-the-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/breaking-the-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; width: 100%; height: 450px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23ebebeb&amp;d=november2020&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;pageNumber=27&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News of climactic change from the roof of the world.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>By Colin W. Sargen<\/em><em>t<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I<\/span><span class=\"s1\">t\u2019s been a wild ride. An international group of scientists aboard the Arctic research ship <em>Polarstern<\/em> intentionally locked themselves inside an ice floe to plot their course and drift during the year 2020 in the face of <b>Global Warming<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">They\u2019ve returned with alarming news about shrinking sea ice near the Polar Cap amid modern problems. According to the <em>New York Times<\/em>, \u201cthe expedition, with a rotating contingent of about 100 scientists, technicians and crew, encountered <b>nosy polar bears<\/b>, <b>fierce storms<\/b> that damaged equipment, changing ice conditions and, most critically, <b>the coronavirus pandemic that scrambled logistics<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">See the full story in the digital magazine above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20019 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"international-polar-bear-day-1200x834\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-200x139.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834-504x350.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/international-polar-bear-day-1200x834.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News of climactic change from the roof of the world. By Colin W. 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