Ny Ålesund, an International Research Community
The community of Ny Ålesund is truly international, with research groups from several different countries. I've been quite busy, and focused on my…
Today's journal was written by one of the REU students, Daren McGregor. Daren is entering his senior year at Colby College in Maine, where he is majoring in geology.
Daren, outside Ny Ålesund before…
More Setbacks...
Yesterday we had a number of setbacks (again!). We started out ready to take lots of data, and soon after we began doing CTD casts in earnest, we discovered that our infamous winch…
Today's journal is written by one of the REU students, Rachel Valletta. Rachel is going into her senior year at Syracuse University, where she is majoring in geology and geography.
Sediment coring…
Another Sunny Svalbard Day
View from my building this morning - I knew it was going to be another glorious day!
The weather was glorious all day - sunny and mild with a light breeze. An…
Today's blog post is written by one of the REU students, Liz Ceperley. Liz is going into her senior year at Beloit College, where she is majoring in geology.
Another Day at the Office
A picture I…
Today's blog post is written by one of the REU students, Daksha Rajagopalan. Daksha is going into her senior year at Yale University, where she is majoring in physics. Daksha reflects on the beauty…
A Terrible Tragedy in Norway
So as I'm sure you've all heard by now, yesterday was a nightmare for the peaceful country of Norway. As of today, the events are still fuzzy, but it looks as though a…
Today we got out to begin collecting data. After breakfast we had a meeting of the research team to strategize how to do data collection today. Julie stayed back to do work on her computer, and Ross…
I'm pretty beat after a very long afternoon out on the fjord, so I'm going to keep the entry brief and make it up by sharing some of the videos I've been taking over the past week here in Ny Ålesund…
Murphy's Law is a saying that says "What can go wrong, will go wrong." That was probably the theme for today. Today's plan was to test out all the equipment on the water, to give us all practice…
Close to Home Today
Today we stayed in town all day as we were setting up equipment to begin data collection in earnest tomorrow or Thursday. We went in to breakfast to find a note that there had…
