Latitude: 76.07 Longitude: 156.39 Temperature: -3.4 Wind chill: -21.1 I promised more about the snow and ice on Christmas Day, so here we go. We woke up to one of the most beautiful mornings we have…
Latitude: 74.38 S Longitude: 154 33 Temperature: -3.9C Wind Chill: -3.9C This has been an interesting couple of days. The time change has put us a day ahead of Christmas back home in the US. So our…
Location: Somewhere in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica As the Mighty Oden sails through the Southern Ocean, a solitary ship with only the seas and ice around us, we are reminded about how far we are…
Latitude: 72.36 S **Longitude: **138.1 W Captain Mattias gave us an early Christmas present today. He parked the Oden next to an ice floe, lowered the gangplank, and off we went! We spent a couple…
12/18/07 Latitude: 73.52 S Longitude: 117.16 W 12/19/07 Latitude: 73.14 S Longitude: 116.25 W Temperature: -2.4 C** Wind Chill:** -17.7 C Well, we are at the midpoint of our expedition, give or…
Latitude: **74.01 **Longitude: 115.11 **Temperature: **-1.2 C **Wind chill: **-21 C Whole lot of shaking still going on! This area has proven to be very tempestuous -sure could use some sunshine and…
Latitude: 73.53 Longitude: 115.24 Temperature: -2.6 degrees Wind Chill: -19.3 degrees When do you get tired of seeing an iceberg? -when you've spent two days going back and forth in front of the…
Latitude: 74.09 S Longitude: 112.43 W Temperature: -3.4 degrees Wind chill: -14.2 degrees Well, so much for the warming trend we saw yesterday! Today we awoke to more snow and much colder weather,…
Latitude: 74.32 S Longitude: 109.12 W Temperature: -3.6 C Wind chill: -3.6 C Today we arrived at the much anticipated Polynya in the Amundsen Sea for a 24 hour work station. A coastal polynya is…
Latitude: 73.47 S Longitude: 106.42 W Temperature: -3.1 C Wind chill: -20C This posting is dedicated to our Swedish friends onboard the Oden. The day started out like most with many work stations…
Location: Latitude: 72.59 98 S Longitude: 106.02.65 W Temperature: -5.7 C Wind Chill: -18.0 C We are in a serious work mode now. The test stations have been coming up about every 4-6 hours. That…
Latitude: 70.58 S Longitude: 105.11W Temperature: -4 degrees C Wind chill: -15.5 degrees C I begin with a thumbs-up photo from some of the CTD crew. Water and ice core sampling are now well underway…