When record-breaking polar explorer Felicity Aston embarked on her Before It’s Gone (B.I.G.) Arctic Research Expedition, she and her all-female team were continually thwarted by terrible storms and unstable sea ice. In the face of such adversity, it would have been all too easy to despair. Instead, Aston led her team to a different sort of triumph – a multi-year expedition that allowed them to gather ice samples from three polar regions to test for microplastics and heavy-metal pollution. Discover more https://on.rolex.org/4galQfe
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