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Today has been a busy day... and fortunately, for all the activity, the weather has been spectacular. Not a cloud in the sky and temperature around 0 F. I can't believe how warm it was today. The major activity in the middle of the day was the scheduled helicopter flight... so the day shift did not

Where are we in relationship with other places in the Northern Hemisphere? Maryland is almost half way around the world from the Bering Sea. Check out the map to see how far the Bering Sea is from the Maryland. The next map captured as we arrived to Dutch Harbor shows the entire track of our

Warning! Danger! Notice! If you know how to read there are lots of directions to be followed on the Healy! Before leaving the East Coast one of my friends offered me a final piece of advice for returning home safely. "Simone, follow the rules". Knowing that this is not my strength, this reminder was

LIVE FROM IPY EVENT COMMING SOON!! WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU! Today was another logging day out on the drilling platform. Because of the continued difficulty extracting sediment, it is very important that we have measurements from the down-hole logging team. Since we have reached a sediment depth

The mud team took a break from the brown stuff and dabbled a bit in white this morning. As a newly appointed (temporary) member of the sediment-team, I too, headed "down the brow". After preparing our equipment sleds we carried them down to the ramp where they were lowered onto the ice. Then, there

I'm not sure why, but the volcano gods that are controlling Mt. Redoubt are smiling down on me. My flight out of Barrow into Anchorage went smoothly as planned. I called my cousin Francie from the baggage claim and she came to the airport to pick me up. I waited outside for her enjoying the "Balmy"

LIVE FROM IPY EVENT COMMING SOON!! WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU!I spent a good part of the day out on the drill rig again... the longer I am here, the more I learn and the more useful I can be. Whether turning pipe wrenches, cleaning the floor, or packing the sediment cores, there are many jobs on the

Sunday is the day of rest for some people but not in the science lab on the Healy! The action started at around sunrise with the spotting of three seals off the starboard side of the ship. Even as I am writing at 10.30 at night the sun has not gone to bed yet and neither have some of the scientists

Fire drills take on a whole new meaning when you are in the middle of the Bering Sea. Scrap the whole idea of lining up on the sidewalk outside the building! In preparation for setting off into the open water at 20:00 hours (8 pm if you aren't in the military) we drilled. First, there was the man