I have been visiting the trace metal lab and I am ready to report more about how they work on the ship. The way this team works is very different from the way people working on the main rosette do.…
Today we have a small journal entry as I was preparing for tomorrow's live event. I hope to hear a lot of you there.
Last night I looked out the porthole and saw what appeared to be a clear night. I…
We are heading back north after our failed attempt to reach the still elusive continental shelf in front of the Admundsen Sea. We were bogged down by the snow on the ice, since the ice itself was not…
It seemed like we traveled back in time to be kids again for an hour and a half today during one of the most joyful recesses I have attended! The whole science group got to leave the comfortable…
We are back on the ice, still far from our target location. Sailing is slow even though the ice is not very thick. Alex said it is 1st year ice with lots of snow, which produces a lot of the friction…
We are heading south towards the Amundsen Sea! We should be back in the ice sometime tonight (correction, we are on the ice now!). This is exciting because we get so see more penguins and seals, and…
What do you think if we visit the captain and the mates up in the bridge today? After all, that is where the navigation takes place. Before we do so, close your eyes and imagine what the bridge might…
We learned before that the amount of tritium in water can be used as a stop watch. Today we are going to learn about other tracers used for determining the age of water masses, CFCs.
We are going to…
We will continue today with our 'Life aboard the Palmer' series. We have talked about cutting edge science being done in one of the most remote areas of the world, we have seen amazing animals that…
Another stormy day with science on hold. After six weeks my body is finally doing a little bit better. Not much, though. If science is on hold and I am not feeling miserably that is something. I have…
You have been reading this journal completely add free, but that is about to change. I am advertising a Live Event in which we will be presenting through the computer some of what has been going on…
Saturday bring us another great science talk in the Palmer. This time Dr. Thomas Decloedt, from the University of Hawaii, explained the use of the ADCP and LADCP for measuring ocean currents.
Dr.…
