UK - Sunderland University experts study 18th Century Arctic voyages

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Ships' logs from vessels which travelled in the Arctic Circle in the 18th Century are to be studied to see if they shed light on climate change.

A team from Sunderland University will study records kept by explorers, whalers and merchants during trips which took place up to 260 years ago.

They want to see if the logs provide clues about the ice levels in the area at that time.

They will be analysing log books written between 1750 and 1850.

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