So sad.
A Canadian arctic research expedition to study "climate change" (always meaning global warming) has been derailed.
Heavy ice.
However, readers of the CBC News account of the story are left in the dark as to the exact nature of the expedition that is not to be this year.
..."Obviously it has a large impact on us," says Martin Fortier, executive director of ArcticNet, which coordinates research on the vessel.
"It's a frustrating situation."
During the summer, the Amundsen operates as a floating research centre with experiments running 24 hours a day.
This year it was scheduled to reach North Baffin Bay.
But the icebreaker has been rerouted to escort commercial ships en route to resupply communities in Northern Quebec on the eastern side of Hudson Bay.
Johnny Leclair, assistant commissioner for the Coast Guard, said Tuesday conditions in the area are the worst he's seen in 20 years..."
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