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Well, it's been 2+ weeks since I arrived home. It sometimes feels like I never left, while other times it feels like I've been gone for months. It truly is a Time Warp - cue the Rocky Horror music and costumes. Getting adjusted to a sleep schedule was actually not too bad. I arrived home on Friday

Well. after more than 36 hours of holding offshore in high waves and winds, we arrived in Kirkenes yesterday morning. Once docked, the first order of business for anyone flying out was a COVID-19 test. Welcome back to (an unfortunate) reality. We scientists would have questioned the test validity if

It's been very interesting being on a Russian ship, especially in terms of communication. Since the beginning of the cruise, all of the non-Russian-speaking people have had to manage with an unfamiliar language and alphabet. Some of the crew speaks very good English. The expedition cooking staff

All good parties need a good play list and ambiance, and the Science Party is no different. While these guys don't spin discs or use Source 4s or Sharpies (thanks to my son Jonah for the lighting background), the technicians for the expedition keep everything running, from computer programming to

After quarantine and before leaving Oslo, I had the opportunity to visit the Fram Museum. The museum houses the 125 foot steam and sail powered ship The Fram, which was Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen's (as in the N in NABOS) ship that he sailed into the Arctic over a 3 year journey from 1893-1896. Our

For those of you who read the title and thought this journal was going to be about World Cup football (or soccer for my American audience - when in Russia...) and the formation of a new team, welcome. I can't promise this will be as riveting as the upcoming Mexico vs El Salvador qualifier, but stick

Thanks to Leyden High Schools alumnus Jonathan Cain of the rock group Journey for the title inspiration. I have used my 9-22, 9-26, and 10-3 Journals, to talk about the incredible people I have had the opportunity to interact and work with on this expedition. In this installment, 2 of the "Radium

Sticking with the theme of songs that get stuck in your head but going waaayyy back to my childhood (Foreigner 1977), I wanted to highlight the work of the Japanese, Danish, and Russian ice teams. The Japanese science team collaborated with the Danish scientist to take other ice measurements. Naoya

Now that I've got the tune of that ridiculous song in your head (for those "youngsters" in the audience that don't know the 1990 reference, look up Vanilla Ice - "Ice, Ice, Baby" on YouTube), I'd like to explain what an ice station actually entails. After using the lift basket and crane to get

Personal shout-out to my wife Naomi on her Birthday! We had a meeting the evening of our first ice station, and during the meeting, Chief Scientist Igor Polyakov talked about the 15 personnel who would be working on the ice that day. All of a sudden, he announced my name and that I would be working