“Another perfect day in paradise,” quipped Captain Johansen on the first calm morning since who remembers when.

“The Greenland Sea is my field, but I only knew it through papers and textbooks, and now here I am in it!” said Anna-Marie Strehl, eyes aglow with excitement.

In contrast to the North Atlantic, a new study in Nature Communications shows that the overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas strengthens toward the end of the century. The overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas could therefore be a stabilizing factor in a weakening AMOC.