Icebreaker Araon (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Icebreaker Araon

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The Korean icebreaker Araon, which unexpectedly found itself in an Arctic cyclone in 2016, unlocked the key to how these storms wreak havoc on sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.

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Photo by Joo-Hong Kim, Korea Polar Research Institute

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