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20-04-04, 00:28
A Royal Navy nuclear submarine has surfaced at the North Pole after weeks beneath the ice.
The Plymouth-based HMS Tireless returned to the Arctic Ocean for the first time in eight years for operational exercises with the US navy.
A civilian scientist is with the crew on board to monitor global warming effects on the polar cap.
The submarine has caused controversy and drawn protest in the past and was investigated after a collision at sea.
Scientist Nick Hughes from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is on board the Tireless to take measurements of the thickness of the ice underwater.
The permanent ice pack at the North Pole has retreated 100 miles north in recent years and can thin in the summer to as little as 6ft.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3640879.stm)
The Plymouth-based HMS Tireless returned to the Arctic Ocean for the first time in eight years for operational exercises with the US navy.
A civilian scientist is with the crew on board to monitor global warming effects on the polar cap.
The submarine has caused controversy and drawn protest in the past and was investigated after a collision at sea.
Scientist Nick Hughes from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is on board the Tireless to take measurements of the thickness of the ice underwater.
The permanent ice pack at the North Pole has retreated 100 miles north in recent years and can thin in the summer to as little as 6ft.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3640879.stm)