Comments on: To Capture a Polar Bear http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-4493 James Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:30:34 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1646#comment-4493 What a unique place to conduct your research - truly spectacular. I share a common dream with israel donaldson in that I too wish to become a helicopter pilot and fly the arctic. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Regards, James Kelling. James<a href="http://www.clickfitpro.com" rel="nofollow">_<JK@hotmail.com What a unique place to conduct your research – truly spectacular. I share a common dream with israel donaldson in that I too wish to become a helicopter pilot and fly the arctic.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Regards, James Kelling.
James_<JK@hotmail.com

]]> By: Israel Donaldson http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Israel Donaldson Tue, 05 May 2009 23:09:08 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1646#comment-1668 Wow! I hope to fly the arctic sometime. I'm a helicopter pilot now, but still have low time so it'll be a few years before I can start looking for these types of jobs. I can't wait though! Wow! I hope to fly the arctic sometime. I’m a helicopter pilot now, but still have low time so it’ll be a few years before I can start looking for these types of jobs. I can’t wait though!

]]> By: Jessica Maher http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Jessica Maher Fri, 01 May 2009 17:45:00 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1646#comment-1649 bouncing on the ice to see if its safe - good lord. Well, to each his own! bouncing on the ice to see if its safe – good lord. Well, to each his own!

]]> By: John http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 John Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:31:07 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1646#comment-1646 Hi, The sea ice sure is beautiful. I have really enjoyed being up here in the summer and fall, but being out on multi-year ice (ice that formed over a year ago and survived a melt season) that is all jumbled has been a completely different experience. It is a stunning place, all blue and white with sharp plates of ice everywhere. You have a good sense of how thick and old ice is just by looking down at it - for example, thick multi-year ice often has jumbled plates piled on it and large flat areas with no cracks. Thinner ice is a darker color as well. When there is any doubt, the pilot lightly lands the helicopter and lightly bounces several times to see if the ice or snow beneath shifts. Hi,

The sea ice sure is beautiful. I have really enjoyed being up here in the summer and fall, but being out on multi-year ice (ice that formed over a year ago and survived a melt season) that is all jumbled has been a completely different experience. It is a stunning place, all blue and white with sharp plates of ice everywhere.

You have a good sense of how thick and old ice is just by looking down at it – for example, thick multi-year ice often has jumbled plates piled on it and large flat areas with no cracks. Thinner ice is a darker color as well. When there is any doubt, the pilot lightly lands the helicopter and lightly bounces several times to see if the ice or snow beneath shifts.

]]> By: Jessica Maher http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/to-capture-a-polar-bear/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Jessica Maher Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1646#comment-1641 The sea ice looks beautiful - but also ever-changing. How do the pilots know when its safe for them to put the helicopter on the ice? The sea ice looks beautiful – but also ever-changing. How do the pilots know when its safe for them to put the helicopter on the ice?

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