Position: 65:36’N and 00:23’W
Time: June-9, 23:33
Temperature: 9.6 C Air and 9.8 C Water
More than 5 different groups finished moving and unpacking the content of
15 or more containers filled to the brim with gear that was packed months
ago. Continue reading
The FS Polarstern will leave port tomorrow night for scientific work between Greenland and Spitsbergen near 79 degrees north latitude about 1200 km or 770 miles from the North Pole. It will be hard work, Continue reading
Posted in Nares Strait 2012, Polar Exploration, Polarstern, Uncertainty
Tagged democracy, Nares Strait, oceanography, peer review, predictability, ships
I walked from the train station in Bremerhaven-Lehe to the FS Polarstern at the Kaiserdock almost 2 miles due west. This research icebreaker is still repaired in dry dock and we see her Continue reading
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Tagged Bremerhaven, exploration, harbor, immigration, maritime industry, ocean, offshore wind power, ships
Icy Seas 