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  • September 20-21- a mooring ditty for the final recovery

    September 21, 2018

    September 20 Another exciting day! We woke up to snow this morning and the last mooring recovery for this cruise is scheduled for today. This mooring recovery was a little…

  • September 19- understanding mixing waters

    September 19, 2018

    Good morning! We are slowly headed southwest completing our transect. Our last mooring recovery will be tomorrow. On the September 5 blog entry, I explained that a station may include…

  • Working towards a more diverse and inclusive IARC

    September 18, 2018

    IARC is working towards creating a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and respectful environment that welcomes everyone, values multiple types of knowledge and engages all individuals to help each thrive. As part…

  • September 18- shrinking Styrofoam cups

    September 18, 2018

    September 18 After a five-day break due to the ice stations, only a few CTD casts were done, but we are now back in full force. This afternoon’s (even though…

  • September 16-17- ice measurements

    September 17, 2018

    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…

  • September 15- setting the Watershed boats afloat

    September 15, 2018

    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 13-14- the ice station

    September 14, 2018

    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…

  • Monitoring climate change from space, one leaf at a time

    September 14, 2018

    A new Japanese satellite will monitor global climate change and the health of the Earth, from space. Scientists are now validating the satellite by gathering and measuring thousands of leaves from…

  • IARC scientist awarded $1.25 million to develop a carbon seaglider

    September 13, 2018

    IARC’s Claudine Hauri and Andrew McDonnell, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, were awarded a $1.25M grant from the National Science Foundation for the development and operation of a new autonomous…

  • September 11-12- standing on ice

    September 12, 2018

    September 11 There is always something exciting going on! I was asked what I do when I’m not working. I spend an awful lot of time on the aft helo…