Author Archives: Andreas Muenchow

First steps to Greenland

Posted on May 28, 2014 | 5 comments

I am on my way to northern Greenland and just arrived badly time-lagged in Diez near Frankfurt from Philadelphia. Together with fellow scientists and technicians from Germany, Poland, and Canada, Continue reading →

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Posted in Greenland, Oceanography

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North Greenland Glacier Ice-Ocean Interactions 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 | 4 comments

I will travel to Spitsbergen in six weeks to board the German research icebreaker Polarstern. She will sail west across Continue reading →

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Fram Strait Ice, Oil, and Glaciers

Posted on March 13, 2014 | 4 comments

Tomorrow I fly to Germany to prepare for an ocean experiment in the shallow waters off northern Greenland. Together with oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany, I hope to deploy Continue reading →

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Arctic Heart Beat and Disappearing Old Ice

Posted on February 20, 2014 | 3 comments

Have a look at this beautiful movie that shows how the Arctic Ocean moves its oldest and thickest ice around from 1987 through 2013: Continue reading →

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Posted in Global Warming, Ice Cover, Nares Strait 2012, Oceanography

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Norway, Norwegians, and Normal

Posted on February 8, 2014 | 2 comments

The best part of my High School was getting out of it early to ski from Oslo to Trondheim across Norway’s Hardangervidda in 1981 Continue reading →

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