复旦科研工作者踏上北极 - 2020年01月06日

A researcher from Fudan University has returned from a 53-day scientific expedition to the Arctic. This was the first time that a member of the university has participated in an international scientific voyage to the North Pole.
Zhang Peng, a post-doctoral researcher at Fudan’s Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, developed his interest in the Arctic while researching the tropical Pacific. Zhang found that equator studies were not sufficient to explain disastrous weather patterns, and research into middle- and high-latitude regions, especially the Arctic, could fill the gap.
To test his theory, Zhang boarded the South Korean icebreaker Araon with fellow researchers from South Korea, Russia, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Croatia and India. They studied the atmosphere, marine environment and geologic changes in the Arctic Ocean. They also collected information and samples of marine creatures, chemicals and minerals.