Tag Archives: Arctic Ocean

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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Measuring Ice Thickness From The Ocean

Posted on May 30, 2014 by | 1 comment

Ice floats and moves abouts. It melts in summer, it freezes in winter, but it moves from here to Continue reading →

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Posted in Ice Cover, Nares Strait 2012, Oceanography

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Fram Strait Ice, Oil, and Glaciers

Posted on March 13, 2014 by | 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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Posted in Greenland, Ice Cover, Norway

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Arctic Heart Beat and Disappearing Old Ice

Posted on February 20, 2014 by | 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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Rolling Down to Old Maui – From Snow to Sun

Posted on December 26, 2013 by | 4 comments

Traveling from sunny California to snowy Delaware, I discovered an old song about Arctic whaling and sailing: Continue reading →

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Posted in Fish, History

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