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First Day at Sea: Moving In
Position: 57 34.9 N and 05 10.9E Time: 11:25pm June-7, 2014 Temperature: 14.3 C air and 12.8 C water at surface We are a few miles south-west of Stavanger, Norway passing through the rich oil fields of...
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Day-3: Working on Ocean Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
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...
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Icebergs, Islands, and Instruments off Isle de France, North-East Greenland
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...
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Wild Women Working Science Aboard Polarstern
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...
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Deep Sea Biology and Chemistry: Muddy Business
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 field...
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Of Moorings, Elephants, Norwegians, and Codswallop
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...
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Preparing for Petermann One Day At a Time
Glaciers, Greenland, Adventure, Expedition, Ice, Polar Bears, Narwhales, oh the fun to go to Greenland. Swedish icebreaker I/B Oden 22 July 2015 on its way to Thule. [Photo Credit:...
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