Scientists begin setting up ice camp for year in Arctic

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they’ve chosen an ice floe on which to begin setting up a research camp for a year-long international expedition to study the Arctic.
Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute said Friday that researchers found a suitable floe measuring about 2.5 kilometers by 3.5 kilometers (1.5 miles by 2.2 miles) that will serve as a base for the mission.
It quoted mission leader Markus Rex as saying that the floe isn’t perfect but it “offers better working