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The first thing you learn when you get on a ship is how to get off. Today we went through several safety drills. We had a Ship Familiarization Session led by 3rd Officer Marian Punch. She instructed us on general ship safety and etiquette, and how to use the very important flotation suit. While it

The Canadian Coast Guard ship Louis S. St-Laurent (Louis) is named for the Right Honorable Louis S. St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada from 1949 to 1957. His accomplishments included promoting Canada's membership in NATO and initiating construction of the St. Laurence seaway. The Louis is Canada

It is Sunday, I am relaxing. Alexei and I finished our MOCNESS last night around 4:30 am, I looked at copepods for about 30 minutes then went to bed. Got up this morning ( at 9:30am ) for a tour of the medical center and the two men who run it, they will be the focus of tomorrow's meet the crew

We are all in recovery mode today here at the Nuvuk Archaeology Project. The items of the day are the few things that have been accomplished. Just getting the body up and vertical today was a challenge. Thanks go to cafeteria people for having decent food at lunch, I slept right through breakfast

Polar Date: July 19, 2008 Blue skies returned! People were overjoyed especially those who had been working indoors for 4 solid days. I was the opposite though, since I had been in the field for the cold rainy weather and today was an indoor lab day. The soils in Lab 4 were ready to be processed

Yesterday you were introduced to the climate of Svalbard, and today the lesson will switch to the geologic history of Svalbard. Before we begin, I suggest brushing up on the topic of deep time because we will be talking about durations of time quite a bit longer than an imaginable life time. Go to

19 July, 2:30 pm. Our fourth day on the water. We have fallen into a pretty mind-numbing routine of getting up for meals, then retreating to our bunks to pass the time. After napping and reading and maybe even working on a laptop, you check your watch to see how much longer to the next meal. Another

It's 2:26AM Saturday, we been working out at the Point since 9AM yesterday (Friday) morning. The crazy thing about archaeology is once something is found, it needs to be recorded, excavated and safely stored. Today's find was incredible, connected to the objects from yesterday. Again, top secret. We

Numerous times over the past two and half weeks I have mentioned the CTD, small ones attached to moorings, there is one on the MOCNESS, there are even CTD sensors aboard the HEALY, but what does this CTD really tell the scientists? As a review, let's remember that a CTD records the Conductivity of

Polar Date: July 18, 2008 The fog stuck around and it was even colder last night than it was the night before. I slept in 4 layers and was wearing gloves and a hat. I hope it doesn’t get any colder, if it does I will have so many clothes on I won’t be able to fit into my sleeping bag. Today