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  • Note from the ship- Mooring recovery

    By IARC Communications | August 22, 2018 | Comments Off on Note from the ship- Mooring recovery

    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…

  • August 20- Barents Sea… first sea ice

    By IARC Communications | August 22, 2018 | Comments Off on August 20- Barents Sea… first sea ice

    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…

  • August 19- Farthest north

    By IARC Communications | August 22, 2018 | Comments Off on August 19- Farthest north

    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…

  • August 18- At sea

    By IARC Communications | August 21, 2018 | Comments Off on August 18- At sea

    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…

  • August 17- Nymphalis urticae

    By IARC Communications | August 17, 2018 | Comments Off on August 17- Nymphalis urticae

    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!…

  • August 16- Welcome back to school!

    By IARC Communications | August 16, 2018 | Comments Off on August 16- Welcome back to school!

    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…

  • August 14 – 15- Waiting in Arkhangelsk

    By IARC Communications | August 16, 2018 | Comments Off on August 14 – 15- Waiting in Arkhangelsk

    August 14 Everyone is waiting. Russian customs is on the ship doing last minute inspections. During this lull, I thought I would take the opportunity to compare the Akademik Tryoshnikov…

  • August 13- Docked in Arkhangelsk

    By IARC Communications | August 14, 2018 | Comments Off on August 13- Docked in Arkhangelsk

    We are docked in Arkhangelsk and if you notice Fairbanks and Arkhangelsk are almost the same latitude. We woke up to a downpour of rain and wind this morning. We…

  • August 11-12- They’re off!

    By IARC Communications | August 13, 2018 | Comments Off on August 11-12- They’re off!

    August 11 We are on our way to Arkhangelsk, Russia! Yay! The water has a calm, blue-green glacial hue with a few small white caps. What does one do while…

  • August 9- Kirkenes

    By IARC Communications | August 10, 2018 | Comments Off on August 9- Kirkenes

    After an anticipated departure of Thursday evening (August 9) we were unable to leave due to the rainy weather that kept us from loading our equipment. There are three pieces…