EDIT: Original post was too long and rambling. One advice by wise female council, I decided to turn this into two separate posts. This is the first. July 5, 2014.
The “Quiet American” is not a popular book in the United States of America, but to me it described the dilemma and dangers of being American very well. Continue reading
Posted in History, Polar Exploration, Uncertainty
Tagged Bruce Chatwin, climate, exploration, Greenland, helicopter, informal education, Sara Wheeler, tipping points, Veterans, Vietnam
An old sea shanty encapsulates some of the pains and pleasures of Arctic whaling Continue reading
Traveling from sunny California to snowy Delaware, I discovered an old song about Arctic whaling and sailing: Continue reading
Tagged Arctic Ocean, Hawaii, oil, Stan Rogers, Tom Waits, whales, whaling
I love pickled herring, but the fashion of eating this delicacy varies with changing cultures and climates. In northern Europe it used to be a standard fare, perhaps still is, but in my native coastal North-Germany it was poor man’s food Continue reading
Posted in Fish, Global Warming, History, Oceanography
Tagged California, climate change, dynamic systems, fishery collaps, herring, Iceland, Newfoundland, physics, predictability, tipping points
Retreating from Fort Conger, the U.S. Army lost 68% of its men to death by starvation and drowning. They were delivered to the northern shores of Ellesmere Island within sight of northern Greenland by the SS Proteus on August 12, 1881 and were left with ample food and fuel to survive and explore comfortably for a years or so. Continue reading
Posted in Greenland, History, Ice Cover, Oceanography, Uncategorized
Tagged Arctic Ocean, exploration, ice, Nares Strait, oceanography, sea level rise
