Abstract

The expedition “North Pole-41” of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute on an ice-resistant self-propelled platform has started work in the central Arctic basin. The expedition program is designed for year-round studies of the natural environment, patterns and causes of changes in the climate system and biodiversity. The biological component of the expedition program “Cryal” of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences is aimed at studying the spatial and temporal characteristics of the water-ice environment and the species composition of ice and plankton communities in the central regions of the Arctic Ocean.

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