I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations | Victoria Herrmann

These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average

• Analysis: Trump signals end of US dominance in climate change battle

As an Arctic researcher, I'm used to gaps in data. Just over 1% of US Arctic waters have been surveyed to modern standards. In truth, some of the maps we use today haven't been updated since the second world war. Navigating uncharted waters can prove difficult, but it comes with the territory of working in such a remote part of the world.

Over the past two months though, I've been navigating a different type of uncharted territory: the deleting of what little data we have by the Trump administration.