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Polar Date: July 20 & 21, 2008 The weather did not give us a break for long. Sunday and Monday were both gray, rainy, foggy and cold. I spent Sunday working on my lessons and activities that I will be having my students do in the fall. A major part of PolarTrec is for the PolarTrec teachers to

Extensive preparations have made to get here: grants written, technicians hired, literally tons equipment packed and sent, crew and ship logistics finalized, scientists traveled from home to here-- all to study the Arctic. How do they study the Arctic? What do these scientists look at, measure

I have spent the past twenty days discussing science and life aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Ice Breaker, and do not think I have done justice to the "WHY" I am here, and the "WHAT" this will tell us.A grant was written for an extensive five year study of the Eastern Bering Sea shelf, (BEST)The Bering

I have been a digger for a long time. As kids, we all start with digger-potential. You’ve seen the digger-kids at the beach, the ones with all the equipment and the hard hats, desperately digging a big hole to bury a sibling in. I did the same, I always tried to bury my little brother, I was a

Sunday journal entry... (Here is a link to the hourly forecast for Isfjord Radio from the Norway Meteorological Institute. It even has an English version. http://www.yr.no/sted/Norge/Svalbard/Isfjord_radio/time_for_time.html)While our fearless leaders ventured back to the lake to complete a number

**We are underway! ** Our tentative cruise plan is below. Our progress can be tracked here: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=CGBN We have spent the past two days unpacking, locating equipment, organizing, planning , testing-- all in preparation for the science activities that

Today is "Meet the crew Monday," and the two sections you will meet today are both fundamental to the smooth running of the HEALY. One, you never want to visit, the other you visit three to four times a day, so with that introduction meet the "Galley, with Tysin Alley" Due to the great quality of

I think I am going to like the pace of Sundays around here. Lots of early morning time to accomplish chores and get a few things done to be ready for the week. The theme for today’s journal is Chef’s Choice, which is a term used in the cafeteria to refer to leftovers. These leftovers are from the