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5 May 2016 Thule Thursday and PolarCONNECT

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Just Another Thule Thursday Hello, everyone! Today was a scheduled ground day for me so that I could meet all of you through our PolarCONNECT event, but I started the day off at Hangar 8 to join the team before they headed out. When I arrived for 'plane-side' (our scheduled 7:15 a.m .local pre

9 May 2016 A Visit to St. Joseph's School and the Botanic Garden

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St. Joseph's School Hello Again! I have gotten back home to Memphis safe and sound. I have had some time to unpack, relax, and soak in the warm Memphis sunshine. After leaving Antarctica, I thought it would be great to share my school program with a few of the schools in New Zealand. Some

8 May 2016 URI or Bust!

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Useful Vocabulary These definitions may be helpful as you read this journal entry: * Diatom - photosynthesizing algae with clear cell walls * Culture - the isolation and growth of cells * Peristaltic pump - positive displacement pump used when samples must remain sterile (similar to

4 May 2016 May the 4th Be With You (Over the South Canada Basin)

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South Canada Basin Transect Today we flew the South Canada Basin sea ice mission. On the map below, you can trace our path which took us through 3 way points: Canada Basin South A (CBSA), Canada Basin South B (CBSB), Canada Basin South C (CBSC) and back to Thule. When mapping sea ice over the

3 May 2016 The North Pole Transect! Science Flight 1

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Teacher Takes Flight Today I woke up to clear sunny skies, the sound of melting ice and snow from our rooftop, and a good feeling about today's flight. After a quick breakfast and a muddy, icy walk to the hangar, I was reassured that the weather was in our favor today. Most of the science team was

2 May 2016 Down to Earth

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Grounded Waking up this morning at the break of dawn (is it considered dawn when there is no sunrise or sunset?) was easy to do with thoughts of our first science flight buzzing in my head. I had packed my bag the night before: cameras, laptop, noise cancelling headphones, extra layers, classroom

1 May 2016 Preflight Meeting!

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The Moment We've Been Waiting For!!! We have experienced the arctic, its beauty, its chill, the culture and history surrounding it. We have learned about the data collected by Operation IceBridge, visited the ground station, examined the idea behind differential GPS correction. We've learned about

30 April 2016 Saturday Work and Exploration

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Straight to Work It's been a full night's sleep since the P3 rolled in and, while there is no science flight on the agenda, that does not mean there is no work to be done! I tagged along with the ATM team as they headed to Hangar 8 at 8 a.m. this morning. The first thing on the agenda was to

29 April 2016 Miss Piggy Arrives (And Other Arctic Adventures)

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Brand New Adventure Everyday brings something new and exciting here in Thule. I moved from the quirky Chicken Farm flat top we grew to love to the North Star Inn and said goodbye to many of the crew and special guests I spent my first week with. An amazing first week indeed, but things do not end

27 April 2016 Hercules, Hercules, Hercules!

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Station Nord It looks like we have a few days until Miss Piggy gets back to us and we can get on some science flights, so today we did the next best thing. There is a Danish military station at 81.7° N latitude called Station Nord which houses science teams who study the Greenland Ice Sheet