The Ironic Mission of the Ship Caught in Antarctic Ice

The 74 people stranded on a ship caught in Antarctic ice are still in good spirits, reports CNN. And in a bit of cognitive dissonance as it has been revealed that the purpose of their mission was to study how climate change is melting polar ice caps. “We’re stuck in our own experiment,” said expedition leader Chris Turney.

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