Extreme climate research - On the road in the icefields of Patagonia

Patagonia's icefields are very difficult to access. As a result, they remain largely unexplored by climate researchers. Now, a scientist and two extreme mountaineers are venturing into this hard-to-reach area, in search of new data for climate research. Even after 15 years of research in Chile,...

26 min - Planet & Climate - DW Documentary

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