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If it's noon in Chicago and 8:00 pm in Moscow, and you're on a ship moving at 5 knots through the ice, then what time is it if you're at 78 N and 173 E? Answer, it's 6 am, and you are in the East Siberian Sea. If you followed the longitude lines and went straight south, you'd pass through Kamchatka

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 them, and I am continually impressed by their ability to communicate in English about science topics

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 little chemistry primer/refresher: Elements are pure substances made of only one kind of atom - oxygen

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 surface for two years. Twice in the last 3 days/nights - it's really hard to tell the difference (I was

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) - but in the case of the expedition, the Science Party is the group of researchers, students, and

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 Basins Observational Systems) and that I would be part of the "Chemistry Team." For most people, that

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 Environment and is an international program designed to help students and the broader public

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 monitored since 2002. A mooring is a set of floats connected to a series of instruments connected to a long

Jon sent in an audio journal for 9-17-21. Please listen using the player below.

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-set coordinates to do a variety of science activities. During each of these stations, science party