Doing the "Recon"
Another Geology Puzzle at the end of this journal!
Today was our third day of "Reconnaissance," or getting a sense of what is out there so we can begin doing the research with…
Hey kids! Geology Puzzles at the end of this journal!
Glacier Reconnaissance, Day 2
Today Ross and Julie took us out to do more of what they call what they call "reconnaissance". By this they mean…
Today was a wonderful day! We had a boat tour of the the area, and got a chance to observe up close the glaciers that we'll be studying. I love being in boats, and the weather was absolutely perfect…
Here comes the Sun
I woke up to bright sunshine this morning! The weather was absolutely perfect today. It got up to around 50ºF, with a light breeze and sunny all day.
A bright Sunny day in…
Midnight Sun
Last night the clouds broke and the Sun shone brightly for a while. Consequently this was not a great sleeping night for me – I had a lot of trouble falling asleep with the Sun shining…
Introduction to Polar Safety
Our group assembled this morning down at the University and we were met by Truls Kuhle, our safety instructor for the day. Truls first gave us an overview of the many…
Introduction to the Science
It was nice to get a full night's sleep after traveling all day, although it was a strange thing to wake up at 3 am and find full daylight!
We spent the day here in at…
After a long but (thankfully) uneventful trip, we arrived in Longyearbyen around 1:30pm local time. That's about 18 hours after I left my house in Boston yesterday.
We flew from Boston to Newark,…
Today I was treated to a visit by Julie Brigham-Grette, one of the two researchers on my team. I was quite thankful for her effort making the 2-hour drive from Amherst to Boston in the rain. (And…
Ice
This summer I will be learning a great deal about ice. We'll be studying how glaciers are melting and the process by which they lose the sediments they carry as they melt. And we'll be looking…
Why do we do what we do?
What I take away from today is the question of what drives people to do the things they do with their lives. Today represented a string of individuals with unique talents,…
Science is about stories.
How are discoveries made? What leads up to the asking of the questions that lead scientists to even go out and try to find answers? What random things happen that lead to…
