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We planned a relatively short day in the field today (~4-5 hours) to do some trawling and sediment grabs in the adjacent waters. The whole house sprang into action, as those departing in the boat prepared to do so, those remaining took on projects that could be completed in the bunkhouse. The Sonde

Today begins with the nerve racking weather monitoring as the team tries to plan for their longest trip in the field. It is a long trip anyway, but adverse weather can make it significantly longer. They have been watching the wind direction and anticipating wind shifts over the next 15-20 hours. The

The Helicopter Arrives at 10AM: GET PACKING! We awoke extra early this morning to sunny skies and an encouraging lack of rain. The last thing we heard before bed was from Anders: "The helicopter arrives at 10:00am, so make sure to be ready." James, Sandi, and I found ourselves in the cook tent at

Ice Fishing It is not what you think...cutting a hole in the ice and catching fish. I mean literally ice fishing; fishing for ice to collect ice algae as mentioned in "You are what you eat.". In the rain on August 10th, two zodiacs were lowered one at a time down the side of the ship. One boat

Stratigraphy Logs and Profiling Múlajökull's Ice Margin Today I headed out into the field with the Nordic members of the team to get some more experience and knowledge about the kinds of research they are completing here at Múlajökull. Meanwhile, Geoff, Libby, James, Reba, and Mark headed back to

In past Dunton Team journals I have discussed a myriad of topics dealing with benthos "Benthic Organisms and More..." and "What's Going on in the Mud Part 1 and 2." It does not stop here...there is more! Water and sediment chemistry, and plankton samples were taken too. Why? To help us better

The Lab Activity In the high school science classes today, we did an oil spill clean-up simulation lab. I had first done this lab with my GK-12 fellow Chris Wilson in the 2008 school year. I had forgotten how effective it was until today. The students here really got into it as they did in Port

When the Sky Gives You Lemons... Head to the Cook Tent! Well, it's raining. Again. With only two days left to finish our data collection, we had no choice but to suit up and head out into the field to try and collect our remaining samples. We tried to time it with a slight break in the weather

The Fish Spy and I have returned home safely, in one piece, and are already planning our next adventure. Dr. O'Brien and Dr. Crockett want us to design something for their next trip down to the ice that would enable them to film some time lapsed photography in the depths. Sounds like a great