Scientists train to dive beneath polar ice as climate change warms the Arctic and Antarctica
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Ruari Buijs, a marine biology and oceanography student, right, and Caroline Chen, a scientific diver and research assistant, prepare to dive during a Polar Scientific Diving class in Kilpisjrvi, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kostya Manenkov)In this photo provided by Pata Degerman, a diver swims under the ice during a Polar Scientific Diving class in Kilpisjrvi, Finland, March 13, 2024. (Pata Degerman via AP)In this photo provided by Pata Degerman, participants in a Polar Scientific Diving class look into an ice hole as a diver descends beneath the surface in Kilpisjrvi, Finland, March 4, 2025. (Pata Degerman via AP)Caroline Chen, a scientific diver and research assistant, smiles before diving during a Polar Scientific Diving class in Kilpisjrvi, Finland, Finland, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kostya Manenkov)A snowmobile parked at Lake Kilpisjrvi during a Polar Scientific Diving class in Kilpisjrvi, Finland, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kostya Manenkov)
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Ruari Buijs, a marine biology and oceanography student, right, and Caroline Chen, a scientific diver and research assistant, prepare to dive during a Polar Scientific Diving class in Kilpisjrvi, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kostya Manenkov)