2008 June | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Our Changing Iceberg

By Maria Vernet · June 13, 2008 ·

SCOTIA SEA, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Icebergs in the Southern Ocean are constantly moving and transforming. SS-1, the iceberg we are currently studying, is considered a "medium"… {Read More »}

Lake Coring in Greenland & NYC

By Billy D'Andrea · June 12, 2008 ·

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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND-- Lake sediments are perfect for investigating past environments and climate change. But when your study lake is frozen over and the sediments lie more than 100 feet down, extracting them takes some ingenuity... {Read More »}

Helios

By Exploratorium Crew · June 12, 2008 ·

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BARROW, ALASKA-- (By Ronald Aveling) Above the Arctic Circle, at 3 am, the sky is full of light. This dispatch is a reflection on the dominance of the sun in our everyday lives, and the quality of light within the sleeping hours. {Read More »}

Meet an Atmospheric Chemist

By Zoe Courville · June 12, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- I caught up with Dr. Jack Dibb, a fixture at Summit Camp since its beginning in 1989. Jack is an atmospheric chemist... {Read More »}

Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland

By Zoe Courville · June 11, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- To get to Summit Camp, we fly with the 109th Air National Guard in a Hercules C-130 aircraft. It is definitely not your typical airline experience. {Read More »}

IPY: The Next Generation, Pt. 2

By Billy D'Andrea · June 10, 2008 ·

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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND-- In May 2008, I attended the Next Generation of Polar Researchers Symposium : an IPY workshop for young polar scientists. We are the polar scientists of tomorrow (and today) and we all have ideas we’d like to put into action. {Read More »}

Settling in at Summit

By Zoe Courville · June 9, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- On Friday, we had to say goodbye to Tom, who was only up at Summit for the week to run radar profiles… {Read More »}

Floating Communities

By Maria Vernet · June 9, 2008 ·

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SOUTHERN OCEAN-- The main research pursuit behind our group of scientists' travel aboard the N.B. Palmer this month is to see how icebergs influence surrounding… {Read More »}

The Epic Iceberg Hunt

By Maria Vernet · June 7, 2008 ·

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SCOTIA SEA-- Yeah! We have all been waiting for this moment. We have finally arrived at our first study site. It has been a bit… {Read More »}

Arriving in Greenland

By Zoe Courville · June 6, 2008 ·

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KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On Monday, our team of Tom Neumann (University of Vermont), Elyse Williamson (Hamilton College), Kristina Sorg (Bowdoin College) and I arrived bright and… {Read More »}

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