Living the Arctic..........
VIVIENDO EL ÁRTICO......... (Spanish language version)
VIVINT L’ÀRTIC........ (Catalan language version)
The blue gold of the Amundsen / L’or bleu de l’Amundsen...
Marcela Ewert... Her feeling of the Arctic and a Spanish Translation of an earlier dispatch
Hola,
Mi nombre es Marcela Ewert y al igual que
Colleen Kellogg y Eric Collins formo parte
del grupo de estudiantes de la Dra. Jody
Deming que nos especializamos en la
microbiología del Océano Ártico en la
Escuela de Oceanografía de la Universidad
de Washington (Seattle, USA)
_______
Hello, my name is Marcela Ewert and with
Colleen Kellogg and Eric Collins I belong
to the group of students of Dr. Jody Deming
who specialize in the microbiology of the
Arctic Ocean at the School of Oceanography
in the University of Washington (Seattle,
USA)
Picking Flowers at the Top of the World....
Drifting Ship in the Polar Winds....
A la découverte d’un territoire inconnu
pour la plupart d’entre nous :
l’Arctique. Les rayons solaires rasent
l’horizon quelques heures par jour offrant
un délicieux spectacle de couleurs
réchauffant le bleu des glaces qui nous
entourent.
To discover a territory that is unknown to
most of us: the Arctic. The sun rays shave
the horizon for a few hours a day offering
a delicious spectacle of colours that warm
up the icy blue that surrounds
us.
Home for the holidays.... (a little late)
Webmaster note.... As you will read, this dispatch was written back at Christmas by Jason Pavich. Somehow it got lost in the "Christmas mail"... and I did not receive it till January 19th.
With that in mind, I'm sorry this dispatch is a little late.... But Jason has done a fine job telling the story of Christmas onboard the Ice Breaker. Along with the ongoing challenges of keeping our ship in an environment that in most cases is not very friendly.
Home for the Holidays?
By Jason Pavlich
It has been difficult to be away from friends and family during this time of the year, but these shared experiences of a lifetime have helped to soften the blow.
Read More...
Darkness of the Polar Winter....
Collecting Carbon Dioxide at the Top of the World....
Nobel Prize
winning politicians are talking about it...
Oscar winning documentaries are being made
about it... Carbon dioxide
(CO2)
has become a household term. We are
increasingly aware that even our most
routine activities, like driving cars and
air travel, are adding huge amounts of
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. But how
does all this atmospheric carbon dioxide
effect our oceans, which occupy most of the
Earth’s surface and are so critical to
balancing what happens in the air above?
Calanus hyperboreus life cycle...
In the deepest parts of the Amundsen Gulf, the large copepod Calanus hyperboreus females are presently laying their eggs..... Read More...
University of China meets the ice of the High Arctic
Today, Xiang, Shujiang, and I (Tao) are all
standing on this boundless icy field and
sharing our precious experience and our
profound love for this land.
It’s our
responsibility and duty as human beings, to
protect and cherish this magical and
beautiful land!
From India to The Arctic Circle in the blink of a eye....
Looking for the good fat....
Modern diseases, such as heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes, are rare in Inuit populations.....
Read More...First impressions from Amanda, Greg, Jason, Laura, Stelly, and Wojciech
Peter Mansbridge on his trip to the Top of The world....
From the first moment when the great searchlights of the Amundsen lit up the
Arctic darkness and guided us to our temporary landing strip next to the
Coast Guard icebreaker, this trip was a joy... Read More...
Sorry for the delay....
For the delays in getting more dispatches uploaded to the site over the past few weeks.
I actually took a few days off over the holiday season and took my family to a nice warm beach before I head back north myself.
I was amazed by the number of emails we got during this time wondering what was happening and why site updates had gone into a dormant state. Well, I guess that will teach me to think that no one would notice....
Sorry to the science folks who have been writing the dispatches and then wondering why their effort has not been posted. Well all I can say is I did think of you once and a while as I played in the surf and stayed close to the beach bar.... :)) Read More...