Journal

Today was incredible... one of THE most amazing days of flying in my life. Our team partnered with the North Slope Borough Search and Rescue to fly nearly 100 miles northeast of Point Barrow to deploy the buoys. The buoys immediately started measuring weather and sea ice current observations. Here are some photos and a time lapse video made by John Woods. We will explain the science and share some maps tomorrow.

Sarah Johnson (left) taking in the spectacular view of the sea ice; Photo by Cy Keener (right). Team in the helicopter; by John Woods.
Sarah Johnson (left) taking in the spectacular view of the sea ice; Photo by Cy Keener (right). Team in the helicopter; by John Woods.

Setting up a LIMB buoys, collecting snow samples, installing a sidekick webcam, and the team photo
Setting up a LIMB buoys, collecting snow samples, installing a sidekick webcam, and the team photo

Sarah tethered to helicopter
Sarah Johnson repositioning a deployed buoy while still connected to the communications from helicopter; and Sarah practicing being tethered to the Sikorsky S-92. Photos by Ignatius Rigor.

Engage with IABP AK Spring 22 Deployment Expedition

Details
Author
Sarah Johnson
Date
Location
100 miles NE of Point Barrow on Arctic Ocean
Expedition
International Arctic Buoy Program
Weather Summary
Cold and windy!
Temperature
-6°F
Wind Speed
20 mph
Wind Chill
-30°F

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Mon, 04/04/2022 - 09:34

Janet Warburton

Hi Sarah,
Just reading your latest journal! Wow!!! What a great experience!! I love that you even got to be tethered and deploy a bouy on the ice! Great photos and looking forward to hearing more about this in the LIVE event tomorrow!
Cheers,
Janet

Mon, 04/04/2022 - 15:03

Bill Schmoker

Whoa- excellent to see you got way out on the ice! Love the buoy program and looking forward to hearing about some low-tech drifters I heard may be out there now too... Thanks for letting us ride along virtually through your journals. And say hi to John W for me!! -Bill Schmoker PolarTREC 2010 & 2015

Mon, 04/04/2022 - 21:36

Sarah Johnson

Bill - John says 'hello'! Thanks for following along with what has become an incredible awesome once in a lifetime experience. We (IABP) are working on the Float Your Boat project that we will be announcing more about in the coming month(s)... stay tuned. :-)

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 17:35

Mary Poirot

Just checking in. Your mother gave me the link to your daily logs. Looks like you are having the experience of a lifetime. As a fellow basic researcher, I thoroughly enjoy seeing how science is done on Arctic Ice. Give me a chill, both really and metaphorically!

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 22:02

Sarah

Hello Mary - so glad you’ve found my expedition journals. It HAS and still IS an experience of my lifetime; perhaps a beginning to a new chapter… it’s been an incredible adventure, learning, and science-ing with a top notch world class team. Great to have another scientist (you) following along from southwest Missouri. :-)

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 09:15

Jon Pazol

Love the time lapse video! Great job on your PolarConnect Presentation. I am sorry that timing did not work out for me to share live with my students.