Enough sunlight is now reaching O-Buoy 14 for it to power up briefly every day after a long sleep through the Arctic winter blackness:
The buoy’s position has suddenly been revealed deep into the Northwest Passage after driting a considerable distance whilst out of radio contact:
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Construction of Ice Camp Barneo 2014 began close to the North Pole at the beginning of April, and now the first scientific data has started flowing from the sea ice near the Pole. The first of three webcams has been successfully installed on the ice, and the slightly noisy initial images are available from the North Pole Environmental Observatory 2014 web site: