September 16 We finished our last ice station with a ‘hop on’ (small station). Now we are heading southwest out of the ice. It is sad to be leaving the…
We are staying in the same general area looking for and working on ice stations. An enormous heartfelt thank you to the Trans-Arctic Ice (TICE) team for letting me join…
September 13 Everyone is exhausted after the exciting big ice station that started at 9:00 pm last night and ended around 11:30 this morning. Twenty-five scientists and students participated in…
A polar bear was spotted! I didn’t get to see it, but hopefully I will see one soon. The ice concentration is getting higher and we are breaking thicker pieces…
September 4 Rosetta Update: Rosetta moved from her sleeping pad in the left-hand corner below the porthole to under a piece of crumpled paper behind her home. Zzzzzzzzzzz! Scientist Spotlight:…
We are still slowly moving south. The ocean is a little rough today, enough for the bridge to announce that a huge swell was coming and to make sure everything…
August 31 I peeked out my port holes at about 3:30 this morning and was rewarded with beautiful views of softening pack ice. This is the first time the temperature…
