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一 | 中国第16次北冰洋考察正在进行。目前，“雪龙”号12个冰站调查作业任务已顺利完成，“雪龙2”号正接棒在7个冰站开始调查作业。 KINGSLAND, Ga. -- A man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.Leonard Allen Cure, 53, was identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting.His death was confirmed by Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida, which represented Cure in his exoneration case.Miller said he was devastated by the news, which he heard from Cure's family.“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent and watch him be sentenced to life in prison, to be exonerated and ... then be told that once he’s been freed, he’s been shot dead," Miller said. "I can’t imagine as a parent what that feels like.”The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a Camden County deputy pulled over a driver along Interstate 95 near the Georgia-Florida line and the driver got out of the car at the deputy’s request. He cooperated at first but became violent after he was told he was being arrested, a GBI news release said.The agency said preliminary information shows the deputy shocked the driver with a stun gun when he failed to obey commands, and the driver then began assaulting the deputy. The GBI said the deputy again tried using the stun gun and a baton to subdue him, then drew his gun and shot the driver when he continued to resist.The agency didn't say what prompted the deputy to pull over Cure's vehicle.Miller couldn't comment specifically on Cure's death but said he has represented dozens of people convicted of crimes who were later exonerated.“Even when they’re free, they always struggled with the concern, the fear that they’ll be convicted and incarcerated again for something they didn’t do,” he said.It is customary for Georgia law enforcement agencies to ask the GBI to investigate shootings involving officers. The agency said it will submit its findings to the district attorney for the coastal Brunswick Judicial Circuit, which includes Camden County.Cure was convicted of the 2003 armed robbery of a drug store in Florida's Dania Beach and sentenced to life in prison because he had previous convictions for robbery and other crimes.But the case had issues from the start and his conviction came from a second jury after the first one deadlocked. In 2020, the Broward State Attorney’s Office new Conviction Review Unit asked a judge to release Cure from prison. Broward’s conviction review team said it found “troubling” revelations that Cure had solid alibis that were previously disregarded and no physical evidence or solid witnesses to put him at the scene. An independent review panel of five local lawyers concurred with the findings.Cure was released that April after his sentenced was modified. That December, a judge vacated his conviction and sentence.“I’m looking forward to putting this situation behind me and moving on with my life,” Cure told the South Florida Sun Sentinel at the time. In June, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a claims bill granting Cure $817,000 in compensation for his conviction and imprisonment along with educational benefits.Miller said Cure, who lived in a suburb of Atlanta, received the money in August.“The Leonard we knew was a smart, funny and kind person,” Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor said in a statement to the Sun Sentinel Monday evening. “After he was freed and exonerated by our office, he visited prosecutors at our office and participated in training to help our staff do their jobs in the fairest and most thorough way possible. He would frequently call to check in on Assistant State Attorney Arielle Demby Berger, the head of the Conviction Review Unit, and offer our team encouragement to continue to do the important work of justice.”。在北极快速变化的背景下，这些冰站将共同织就一张“观测网”，对北冰洋中央区大气、海冰、海洋的相互作用，及其与生态系统的耦合效应展开更深层次的探索。　　冰站作业是极地考察的关键一环。

二 | 不同于船载观测，冰站以海冰为作业平台，可以布放无人值守观测装备，获取长期、连续的监测数据，弥补船基考察存在的不足。在北极海冰上开展冰站作业要克服哪些困难？又该如何借助布放的各类观测设备，探寻北冰洋气候变化背后的深层规律？　　冰站作业首先要寻找合适的冰。“探冰小组”是冰站作业的先遣队，一般是两个人组成，一前一后。前面的人拿着探冰杖去探路，后面的人负责瞭望周围冰情，利用冰尺测量冰洞位置的冰厚。

三 | 如果冰太薄，就无法支撑无人观测设备撑过夏季融冰期，所以，要找到相对平整、有一定厚度的海冰，方便立起三脚架，开展仪器设备布放作业；同时，选点附近不能有过多融池和冰裂隙，这样设备的持续运行时间才能尽量长。　　中国第16次北冰洋考察队海冰队队长屈猛说，本次“雪龙”号共开展12个冰站作业，是历次北冰洋考察单船之最。

四 | 　　常规北冰洋考察单船一般布设大约6个作业冰站，采集基础环境数据和样品、布放冰基浮标。而“雪龙”号本航次共完成12个冰站的作业任务，并实现多点组网观测，有助于更好地掌握北极的快速变化特征与机理，提升气候预测的准确度。

五 | 由于任务重，为了抢出充足的作业时间，“雪龙”号比往年提前近一周出发。然而，中国第16次北冰洋考察队大洋队队长秦川说，他们却遇上了更为复杂的冰情。因为今年来的时间比往年要早很多，所以海冰的覆盖率太高，非常不适合进行大洋作业。　　北极天气也变幻莫测。

六 | “雪龙”号实验室主任谢海翔说，能见度突然变得很差，就是北极的日常。比如短期的团雾，能见度只有几公里，对于北极作业来说风险是很高的。　　即便找到了合适的位置，布设设备依旧需要精细操作。考察队队员彭景平说，每天海冰队队员都要在风雪中至少干上七八个小时，最长的一次，几乎有20个小时。　　克服重重阻碍，冰站作业才能真正开始。考察队队员安宝宝介绍，此次布放的生态无人冰站是该系统首次在北极实现应用示范，让科学家能更好地了解北极冰下的生物如何在极夜过冬，怎样在极昼迎来第一缕阳光。　　布设现场，考察队员指着一旁的冰基浮标向记者介绍，这类浮标可以同步采集冰下水文和冰上气象数据，为极地气候变化提供数据支撑。中国第16次北冰洋科学考察队首席科学家何剑锋说，以本航次布放数量最多的冰基浅水剖面浮标、冰基深水剖面浮标和海冰漂移浮标为例，国产化率能达到90%以上。

七 | 　　而另一边，“雪龙2”号也正在7个冰站开展冰基浮标布放、冰芯采样、海冰遥感观测等20余个作业项目，这7个冰站包含6个短期冰站和1个长期冰站，将与“雪龙”号冰站站位协同构建起观测阵列，以便更深入地探究北极快速变化背景下的北冰洋中央区大气、海冰、海洋相互作用及其与生态系统的耦合效应。　　中国第16次北冰洋科学考察队领队王金辉介绍，作业期间考察队员将全面观测海冰融化过程中大气、海冰、上层海洋以及冰下生态过程动态变化的相关参数，为研究北冰洋海冰快速变化及其机理和生态系统演变获取科学数据。