As a PolarTREC fellow/NOAA Teacher at Sea I have been privileged to participate in the Chukchi Borderlands Expedition. In these capacities I have gotten to explore the many different types of…
Today was my PolarConnect event, and it was great to have the opportunity to share my experiences with attendees. There were some great questions asked, and I am grateful to the scientists who…
Camaraderie And Lasagna
Saturday evenings on the Healy have usually included a "morale event". A different group prepares the evening meal to give the regular crew a break, and there are often…
Lessons Learned
I have been preparing for Monday's PolarConnect session and reflecting on the past several weeks. So many really exciting things have happened that it almost became routine to be…
Celebrating A Big Birthday
How do you celebrate a birthday U.S. Coast Guard style? With a cookout on the flight deck, corn hole, ping pong, volley ball, and cake. It was a beautifully sunny day,…
What Are Moorings?
Moorings are devices that may be left, anchored to a heavy weight, suspended within the water column for extended periods of time. A mooring can provide a range of data over time…
Life In The Ice
Today's "Science Talk", presented by Eric Collins and Kyle Dilliplaine, gave me a whole new perspective of ice. Divided into two components - ice formation and organisms living in…
Today marks the last day of science stations. We will likely finish here this evening and then make our way to a mooring site (more on that in another journal). When I look at the map of our travels…
Panning for Polychaetes
A portion of my time at each station is devoted to sieving mud from the box corer. We are at 2100+ meters depth, so it takes over two hours to send the box corer to the…
A Whiskery Visitor
Shortly before lunch today we were visited by a juvenile walrus. The young walrus, determined by very small teeth, short whiskers, and smaller body size, playfully swam around the…
An Arctic Snow Day
A snow day, but no change to the day's schedule! Until today I had never experienced snow on July 29th. When you are above the Arctic Circle, the weather can and will change…
Honoring Coast Guard Service
Today brought excitement outside of the realm of science. Amidst light snow flurries, we all gathered on the flight deck of Healy for a group photo of the science team…
