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The sun peeked out briefly this morning, the first time in eight days! The decks are still humming, a lot of mooring and CTD recoveries are taking place. Scientists are busy…

August 22 We are hovering to the northwest of Severnaya Zemlya Island. It was an exciting morning for me! After reading and hearing so much about CTDs and moorings, I…

The morning started off being overcast with light rain, and we sailed in and out of fog all day, but the sun peeped through briefly this afternoon. We have now…

The NABOS cruise reached their first observation site yesterday! They successfully recovered mooring M6-AK6 which was in water for three years (deployed in summer 2015). This is one of seven…

We woke up to a foggy cloudy morning with a light sprinkle of rain. A flock of Atlantic Puffins, Fratercula arctica, was seen from the helo deck this morning. The…

We woke up to a windy cooler day! This is an exciting day for me. It is the farthest north I have ever been. To give you an idea of…

We are at sea! The ship just got fuller and more languages are being heard on the decks. We picked up the German science teams in Arkhangelsk at 1:00 this…

We are scheduled to depart today! Several days may laps between posts and photos due to minimal, if any, Internet access. So please be patient and stay tuned :). Yippee!…

First, I would like to welcome my second-grade students back to Watershed School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Have a wonderful two months with Ms. Drumm! I am going to miss the…