Swedish Icebreaker Is the First to Dig Into Greenland’s Remote Victoria Fjord

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Swedish Icebreaker Is the First to Dig Into Greenland’s Remote Victoria Fjord

The crew of the Swedish research icebreaker Oden estimated it had just a 20% chance of reaching its destination—the remote Victoria Fjord in North Greenland—as it traveled north last month. On the final push, those aboard felt the vessel ram repeatedly into thick ice in the Lincoln Sea. At times, the ship traveled at a snail’s pace of just 2.3 miles per hour (3.7 kilometers per hour) through the ice. “You feel it, the heavy shaking. It’s very no…