Karen Romano Young, author of our Children’s Book of the Month for May Antarctica: The Melting Continent describes some of the tech used in this far away part of the globe.
Going into “the field” — on adventures in nature — with scientists has introduced me to some of the incredible machines they’re using to find new data and make discoveries about Antarctica. Would you like to meet a small sampling?
- Ran: Named for a sea witch in Norse mythology, the HUGIN underwater robot is remotely operated, so it can explore under ice where ships and divers can’t go. Swedish scientist Anna Wåhlin “deployed” it (puts it in the sea) to study the enormous Thwaites Glacier, the size of the UK.
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