Two Arctic ice researchers presumed drowned after unseasonably high temperatures
by Amy Westervelt from on (#87Y0)
Police have called off the search for two Dutch scientists. Unusually thin ice likely played a role in their presumed death in the Canadian Arctic this week
In a voicemail on Tuesday, Dutch researcher Marc Cornelissen, founder of Cold Facts, an organization supporting scientific research in polar regions, laughed at his predicament. He explained that unexpectedly warm weather had forced him and fellow explorer Philip de Roo to complete that afternoon's skiing in the Canadian Arctic in their underwear.
"I'm glad you guys don't have pictures of us on the ice," he said with a chuckle. "But it was the only way to deal with the heat."
