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
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
Posted in Greenland, Oceanography, Polar Exploration, Polarstern, Uncategorized
Tagged Arctic Ocean, moorings, oceanography, predictability, Research Cruise, ships
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
Posted in Oceanography, Polar Exploration, Polarstern
Tagged Arctic Ocean, benthic biology, mud, oceanography, Research Cruise, women in science
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
Posted in Greenland, Oceanography, Polarstern
Tagged algae, Arctic Ocean, ice, Research Cruise, women in science
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
Posted in Greenland, Ice Cover, Ice Island, Polarstern
Tagged Arctic Ocean, continental shelves, glaciers, Greenland, ice, ice island, iceberg, moorings, Polarstern, Research Cruise
