"When fall arrives in the artic Ocean, the days become crisper and clearer and the colors are enhanced. Then it's time to pull out of the sea ice's hard grip. The end of the international scientific expedition in the innermost of the Artic Ocean, that had taken us to the North Pole, was at hand. The Swedish Icebreaker Oden pushed south through the thick multi-year ice. In the inner parts of the Artic Ocean the animal life is very sparce. The few Northern Fulmars we saw were heading south when the rifts froze and the nights became darker and longer."