Markus Rex is the head of atmospheric research at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and a professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Potsdam. He has taken part in numerous expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica, and other remote regions of the world to research the complex processes that can lead to dramatic changes in the climate. He heads the MOSAiC project, a unique research collaboration by ninety institutions from twenty countries.
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For readers of Endurance and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a twenty-first-century Arctic mission. The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time vividly describes one year aboard the Polarstern, a powerful ice-breaker ... SEE MORE