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Ateam of nine scientists is headed north for Türkiye's second
Arctic expedition sponsored by the government and coordinated by
the country's top science body. Professor Burcu Ozsoy, who
previously led Turkish scientists in an Antarctica expedition, is
leading this expedition as well, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
The scientists' journey began with a flight to Oslo, Norway
before they headed to Tromso and boarded the PolarXplorer research
vessel. For 20 days, they will be out in the Barents Sea for their
research. They will work on 14 different projects throughout this
period, from monitoring marine life to pollution in the atmosphere,
meteorological observations, determination of marine pollutants,
physical parameters of seawater and the impact of marine trade
routes on the environment, as well as the presence of microplastics
in the sea.
Ozsoy said on Thursday that their past six expeditions to the
South Pole“made waves” and they released nearly 100 scientific
publications from studies they conducted during the expeditions.
“Our expedition to the North Pole is as important. Like the south,
it is affected by climate change and has a vast basis for
scientific information, for physical, ground sciences, science
branches examining living creatures and social sciences,” she
said.
The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the expedition that Turkey first
held in 2019 and with restrictions related to the pandemic largely
lifted, the team was free to travel.
Ozsoy says their projects will particularly focus on“where the
world is going” due to climate change.
The expedition will end in the Svalbard archipelago, a strategic
location. Last month, a draft law for Türkiye's participation in
the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Treaty was presented to the Turkish
Grand National Assembly (TBMM) for ratification. The treaty, signed
in 1920, regulates the demilitarization of the archipelago and
grants equal rights to signatory countries to engage in commercial
activities in the archipelago. Ozsoy says the treaty will be
beneficial for scientific research as well, especially facilitating
the collection of scientific samples in the region.
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