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Data Collection Continues Both yesterday and today we spent long and productive days on the fjord. The weather was gorgeous today! It was around 8°C (46°F) with very little wind and bright sunshine. We spent most of the day doing bathymetry (mapping the seafloor) which is very slow work, but with

The past few days have been very busy, so I haven’t had much time to create a blog post. So I’ll catch you up on what we’ve been doing since Friday. ##Evidence of Ice Retreat The sonar bathymetry equipment (for mapping the seafloor depth) is finally working, so we spent the days slowly driving lines

Data Collection, Full Steam Ahead The past two days have been productive days with our data collection. We made several CTD casts and water collection. Sometime in the next few days we will discuss more about how the CTD works and why it is important for our research questions. We need to collect

Ending the Experience but not the Momentum It’s been three weeks since my Alaskan expedition ended. On Friday, June 25th, I made my way down the Dalton back to Fairbanks (a quite uneventful trip down the Dalton, might I add) where I then began my journey home the next day. Two long flights and a

A windy but successful start Today we had a full day out on the fjord. Our main objective was to test out the CTD, water sampler and velocity meter. I also got a chance to do more drone flying. As we drove the boat out towards the glacier face the wind really picked up and the waves seemed too

Well, since my last journal entry in December, my project has changed. Because Jim Thomson's CODA (Coastal Ocean Dynamics of the Arctic) cruise was the last in the grant cycle, I will not be accompanying him on an expedition (Information about their preliminary findings can be found in the 2020

We finally made it out onto the fjord today, which I guess is the official start of our field work! This morning I worked with Svein Oland from the Norwegian Polar Institute, to get our boat ready. He was incredibly helpful in creating a mounting platform for the winch (to use to lower and raise the

Hello again! It's been a while since my last journal posting, so it's time to give you an update of what's going on. ## PolarTREC Update Unfortunately, I will not be joining Dr. Amy Moran and her team at McMurdo Station this fall. The number of people at McMurdo is reduced due to COVID precautions

Delays Today was another day figuring out how to manage the inevitable delays that come with field work in a place like the Arctic. We found ourselves navigating complex equipment, other unexpected delays, and just the challenge of trying to get all of the aspects of our work up and running. Kelly

Because we arrived on Friday, right before the weekend, we haven’t been able to get the rifles and boat we need to begin the field work or to explore the area. (Even up here people take a break for the weekend!) But we had to open up the boxes and get things organized and ready, anyway, so we spent