Greta

A SWEDISH ICEBREAKER ON THE WAY TO THE NORTH POLE HAS ENCOUNTERED HEAVY ICE CONDITIONS AND HAD TO STOP JUST BEFORE THE NORTH POLE. THE SWEDISH ICEBREAKER ODEN EMBARKED TO THE NORTH POLE FROM SVALBARD LAST WEEK BUT ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULT ICE CONDITIONS NOT SEEN IN ONE AND A HALF DECADES. THE CAPTAIN OF THE ODEN ICEBREAKER DESCRIBED THE ICE CONDITIONS AS THE MOST DIFFICULT IN THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.