Category Archives: Polarstern

Arctic Oceanographers Ashore In Tromso

Posted on July 7, 2014 by | 2 comments

Oceanographers are a bit crazy. This is especially true after sailing and working 4 weeks aboard a ship in the ice and fog and snow and drizzle that characterize summer in Fram Strait between northern Greenland and Spitsbergen. The one color one does NOT see is green, there just is none. So, when we got off FS Polarstern last thursday, what did we do? Continue reading →

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Of Moorings, Elephants, Norwegians, and Codswallop

Posted on June 30, 2014 by | 1 comment

The oceans are cruel, unforgiving, and destructive. Microbes, algae, plankton, fish, and whales all evolved slowly to make the seas their home. We men and women of science and technology race to catch-up Continue reading →

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Posted in Greenland, Oceanography, Polar Exploration, Polarstern, Uncategorized

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Deep Sea Biology and Chemistry: Muddy Business

Posted on June 26, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Mud, mud, and more muddy mud was hauled from the bottom of the ocean for
the last five days from depths of one, two, and even three miles below the
icy surface. The biologists aboard are having a Continue reading →

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Wild Women Working Science Aboard Polarstern

Posted on June 22, 2014 by | 1 comment

My wife of 20 years teaches at Padua Academy, a private catholic High
School for girls only. It mostly serves families where the girls will
become the first in their families to go on to college. I am thinking of
them right now, as an hour ago there was a flurry of activity on the deck
of FS Polarstern after 2 days of endless grinding and breaking ice. And it
was predominantly women Continue reading →

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Icebergs, Islands, and Instruments off Isle de France, North-East Greenland

Posted on June 20, 2014 by | 3 comments

Leaving all land behind when FS Polarstern sailed for Greenland almost 2
weeks ago, we saw land again for a few hours last Sunday. A small
ice-capped island called Isle de France was ahead of us. Solid ice was to
the west, Continue reading →

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Posted in Greenland, Ice Cover, Ice Island, Polarstern

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