Ice-melt in the Arctic (IMAGE) University of Delaware Caption Researchers, including the University of Delaware's Zhangxian Ouyang, traveled aboard the icebreaker R/V Xue Long into an active melting zone in the Arctic Ocean to get samples for analysis. Credit Photos courtesy of Zhangxian Ouyang, Wei-Jun Cai and Liza Wright-Fairbanks/ University of Delaware Usage Restrictions Must credit Zhangxian Ouyang, Wei-Jun Cai and Liza Wright-Fairbanks/ University of Delaware. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.