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Here goes another student designed experiment! The kids had got to talking with Elizabeth during her visit to Talbert, and they came up with the question of how cold would it have to be to get a bubble to freeze? No one was really sure but we talked about it and all of the students made their

Speed 4.9 knots Course 141° Location Larsen A (-64.7891,-60.2659383) Depth 974 meters We finished up the rest of our work this morning near the Dryglaski glacier and we’re on the move again. A couple days ago I discussed the CTD that we have on board. Maria Vernet’s group from

Today we went out to the study site and went through our regular routine of digging up Smiley Plots and taking measurements from the markers at the experimental sites. It was a beautiful calm and sunny day so working outside was a real treat! We also retrieved the weather data from the HOBO Weather

Speed 0.0 knots Course 254° Location Drygalski Inlet (-64.73474833, -60.58166167) Depth 690 meters We spent another couple days near the Drygalski Glacier and the weather has gotten quite cold. It's well below freezing and with the windchill, it's about 30 degrees below zero (in C or

Today was a very busy day and a very jumbled kind of day. Elizabeth had two web-based meetings today. Her first meeting was with Dr. Ted Schuur and Dr. Natali back at the University of Florida. They talked about the recent data and how that looked and they talked about what needed to be changed with

It has been ten days since Elizabeth picked me up at the Fairbanks airport and we headed out to Healy and the study site. So we figured that it was about time to take the two-hour drive and go back to Fairbanks and catch up on some things. We both had equipment and things to pick up for the project

Speed 0.5 knots Course 306° Location Drygalski Inlet (-64.73338333, -60.59362833) Depth 684 meters Right now we're exploring the open seas of the Larsen A. The Larsen B is still shut off from us by a row of icebergs that are pretty much impassible. The last couple of days we've been

This is the continuing journal from yesterday. The second set of data that we are collecting right now is the amount of CO2 being released from the study areas themselves. We take these samples through tubes that are extending from covered sample rings placed last summer. The sample tubes have all