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A Terrible Tragedy in Norway So as I'm sure you've all heard by now, yesterday was a nightmare for the peaceful country of Norway. As of today, the events are still fuzzy, but it looks as though a crazy right-wing extremist planted a bomb in one of the main government buildings in Oslo, and then

Once a week, the science technicians launch an ozone sensor attached to a helium balloon to measure the amount of ozone in the air. This sensor is called an ozonesonde. This week, our ozone sensor went up 20 miles (or 33 kilometers) into the atmosphere before it popped. All along the way, it was

Wow, I am worn out. We did a lot of packing today. Much of the time we were outside digging up instruments out of the snow or putting our snow samples into ice core boxes to keep them very cold. The rest of the time we were inside with the heater cranked up so that we could remove all the snow and

Today we got out to begin collecting data. After breakfast we had a meeting of the research team to strategize how to do data collection today. Julie stayed back to do work on her computer, and Ross and I drove two boats. Ross' boat spent the day trying to take sediment cores using the gravity corer

I'm pretty beat after a very long afternoon out on the fjord, so I'm going to keep the entry brief and make it up by sharing some of the videos I've been taking over the past week here in Ny Ålesund. The morning started out slow as we waited for Ross to get the wheels on the winch mechanisms

Today was our last day of sampling. The weather was beautiful. I needed to take 5 snow layer samples today. After sampling, my fingers were quite cold. I did manage to find time to take a picture of Hannah and Brandon taking the last surface snow sample. I don’t know what I will do in the mornings

Today, we got the chance to share our research with high school students from Denmark, Greenland and the United States. They are part of the Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) and they do field work around Greenland. Click on this website to find out more about the Joint Science Education

Today, we continued to collect air and snow samples to learn more about aerosols. After our work, we helped Lance and Kris dig a backlit snow pit. Actually, by the time we arrived, Lance and Kris had already dug the holes! We helped by bringing the plywood to cover one of the holes. A backlit snow

Murphy's Law is a saying that says "What can go wrong, will go wrong." That was probably the theme for today. Today's plan was to test out all the equipment on the water, to give us all practice using the equipment and learning how to collect the data we will need to gather over the next few weeks