7.10.2010

Moment British Arctic Survey team woke up to find a giant ice crack had opened up right underneath their tent

This is the dramatic moment a British team of scientists had a miraculous escape during an Arctic surveying expedition - when a huge ice crack opened - beneath their tents.
The three member Catlin Arctic Survey is at the North Pole doing an annual survey to assess the effects of climate change - and has narrowly avoided calamity.
The team members Ann Daniels, Martin Hartley and Charlie Paton were camping on the ice pan when it started to break up. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1265734/Pictured-Arctic-Survey-team-escape-disaster-ice-cracks-tent.html#ixzz0tI2g82lq

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