Prior to sailing on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HEALY I had no idea what it took to run such a huge floating, moving, science sampling community. Everyone that works aboard appears to be constantly busy not only with their formally assigned duties, but also with collateral duties, so that each one
OK, hats were too limiting. So, instead there will be the clothing or apparel of the day. Today’s blue latex examination gloves were an easy choice. They were the only item all of us lab folks had in common. The high school students who are also part of the project took Sharpies and decorated their
Polar Date: July 12, 2008 The plan for today was project work all around. With Donie gone, everyone was working feverishly on his or her own projects, myself included. I spent most of the day in the Lab, continuing work on Live from IPY, journal, picture uploads and management and educational
Today was a preview day for the expedition. We heard a few excellent lectures that oriented us to UNIS (Dr. Hanne Christiansen), the weather of Svalbard (Dr. Ole Humlum), and paleoclimatology (Dr. Al Werner) before we went on a hike up the local glacier, Longyearbreen. (breen = glacier). You never
The Surface Archaeology Activity will allow you to develop some of the knowledge and skills that archaeologists use to do their work while also getting a chore done at home. The steps are really easy, and then you can decide to maybe tackle another room in the house.
First there is the disclaimer, then the alarm rings indicating a general emergency. The Crew jumps to action and the science personnel report to their designated standby stations. I was very lucky when DCC (Damage Control Chief) George Marsden said that I could observe today's training. Three teams
I have found that I am wearing many "hats” around here. To help maintain a flow to these journal entries I will pick a hat of the day and focus on a specific topic. Today’s piece is Archaeology #1 – Field Work, "hat” is Indiana Jones’ Fedora. The term, archaeology, is Greek and means the study of
Thanks Elton John and Bernie Taupin – you are both my all time favorite! *Turn me loose from your hands Let me fly to distant lands Over green fields, trees and mountains Flowers and forest fountains Home along the lanes of the skyway… …For just a Skyline Pigeon Dreaming of the open Waiting for the
We had an easy flight to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk from Seoul. I had a window seat, so had a nice view of the Yellow Sea around the airport at Incheon and downtown Seoul (see photo) Seoul has, to my eye, a remarkably high population density, with rows and rows of high-rise apartments on either side of the
After our long journey getting here, we used today to get adjusted to our surroundings, including trying to sleep when the sun is out! Our bodies want to keep going although the clock on the wall says to sleep. With the aid of good curtains and eye masks, we finally got a good night sleep. There was
