Out on deck for several hours (9 am sunset) watching mooring operations before heading inside to monopolize the computer room to talk to my classes
If it's noon in Chicago and 8:00 pm in Moscow,…
In my 9-22-21 Journal, I introduced some of the US scientists on the Chemistry Team. We are working closely with a group of Russian chemists as well. It has been great getting to know and work with…
In 1911, scientist Marie Curie won the 2nd of her Nobel prizes (her first was for developing the theory of radioactivity) for her work in discovering the radioactive elements polonium and radium.
A…
In my 9-19-21 Journal - "A Tense Evening for Science," I wrote about moorings. These are a series of devices and instruments attached to an anchor and strung along a cable that will be under the…
For some of us, a "Science Party" is a great experience - my department colleagues at Leyden High Schools have been known to get together for some good times (and we even invite "non-science" people…
For months before the trip, people asked me what I was going to be doing. I could tell them I was part of the NABOS expedition (it took me a while to learn what that stood for: Nansen and Amundsen…
One of the other ways I am connecting with my classes and for broader outreach is through cloud observations with the GLOBE Program. GLOBE stands for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the…
Yesterday was a tense, but big, day for Science. The technical crew set out to recover a mooring that had been anchored to the bottom of the Laptev Sea since 2018 in a location that has been…
So I got on a ship and sailed away for a 40-day cruise through the Siberian Arctic. But where exactly are we going, and what are we doing? Basically, we're "connecting the dots" - stopping at pre-…
Since we left on Friday, we have spent the last 4.5 days in transit - sailing to the first of our test stations. Once we reach that point, science operations will happen 24 hours a day. People will…
After the last year and a half, remote learning has consumed students and teachers alike. Today's class will be extra special remote, since I'm not teaching live and I'm in the Arctic while…
