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Today was a whirlwind. By 7 am Lauren and I were calibrating new dissolved oxygen and pH sensors for the troll. 8 am meant making a lunch in between finding coring gear, bite of breakfast sandwich here, core tubing there. 9:28 we're hiking, frame pack on back, backpack on front. 11:00 cut

The final day of July here in Svalbard consisted of a busy schedule that kept many of us up until August. The morning was fairly typical with the 6 or so wakeup, coffee iv, and assorted cold cuts at breakfast (this morning's plated assortment was titled "an ode to lunchables…at breakfast"). We then

After posting the mooring C temperature probe data, it was time to take one last sweep through the main station to make the final plans for the day. I'd be joining the AG212 students again in the karst area who had spent the morning working up their bathymetric data in GIS software. While everyone

Am I Ready? The answer is a definite …maybe. Since this is my second expedition to the Arctic aboard the icebreaker, USCGC Healy, I know the essential items to pack: steel-toed boots, computer, camera, and Maryland-made morale goodies for everyone on-board. ##Preparations? Learning from walruses

After the past month in Siberia, my thoughts focus on the remarkable vision of the Polaris Project, on the extreme difficulty of doing Arctic research in Siberia, and on the remarkable people I met throughout this expedition. ##Polaris Project Successes The Polaris Project (ThePolarisProject.org)

Agenda Highlights 1) 6am flight! 2) Next steps...

Today's commentary ##Agenda Highlights 1) Last breakfast together 2) Hike to Russell Glacier with the NY Air National Guard (109th) 3) Last dinner together 4) Sharing photos