SINGAPORE — It was an opportunity of a lifetime for two 28-year-old Singaporean scientists to be invited on a research expedition to the Arctic Circle last month, joining a group of other international scientists on board an icebreaker in a geeky cruise of sorts in the Barents Sea.
Yan Yu Ting and Ms Toh Yun Fann from the Nanyang Technological University found themselves in the bitter cold aboard the Kronprins Haakon, a Norwegian research vessel crewed by a multinational group of 30 scientists.
Said Ms Yan:"The one thing we could remember was that you could really smell the sulphur so we knew like, okay these sediments are rich in methane. An ROV is an unmanned remotely operated underwater vehicle, which is distinct from the crewed submersible that is tethered by a mother ship and is lifted out of the water after a dive.
"It just feels like it was daytime but it also felt very strange because the sun typically sets at about 7pm in Singapore and you can see it's dark. In the Arctic, I'll wake up at 1am and see that it's still bright," she said, adding that prior to the trip she had worried about not being able to see much at night.
Despite getting sea sick initially, Ms Yan said her first expedition experience was an eye opening one as she was learning different things from various experts on board who talked about science all day.
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