How long will the Arctic Ocean's sea ice cover remain a permanent feature of our planet? Using both innovative strategies and state-of-the-art equipment, the expedition's Ice Team will be able to transmit video and web cam footage and high-resolution still images directly from the Arctic Ocean. A custom-built, onboard sledge computer has been specially designed to withstand the deep cold and rough use in a polar environment.

By linking reportage-style web-cam footage and live audio commentaries to the data, it will be possible for people not just to follow the team's progress, but to experience it.

The Catlin Arctic Survey is an international collaboration between polar explorers and some of the world's foremost scientific bodies. It seeks to resolve one of the most important environmental questions of our time:

Anyone who gets this, please share this with anyone and everyone....this is an amazing journey of science, exploration and technology focused on the collection of one of the most important data sets in the global warming arena.

Here are the links to follow this fascinating, state of the art journey that will give us accurate information about ice thickness this winter. All over the world, we should be following this scientific investigation over a 100-day period online during February and March.