ARCTIC BLOG: Life on the Petermann Ice Shelf, Greenland
Basically, it was riches beyond my wildest dreams. There’s nothing financial about it, but the feeling of a shower and knowing that your next meal will be a three course […]
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Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Life on the Petermann Ice Shelf, Greenland
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ARCTIC BLOG: Life on ice in the High Arctic
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Life on ice in the High ArcticHello! We are 16 students and early career scientists who had one thing in common: we do polar research, but had never been to the poles! Now that’s all changed and […]
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BLOG: A New Frontier – exploring the Himalaya
Read more of: BLOG: A New Frontier – exploring the HimalayaEarlier this year I spent two months doing fieldwork in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya mountain region in South and Central Asia. It hosts the largest volume of ice and snow outside the polar regions and, for this reason, […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: Students learn skills required for polar science
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Students learn skills required for polar scienceHello! This is the first blog about the upcoming NERC Advanced Training Short Course run by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) between 26th August and 8th September 2015. We are […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: Hot water drilling on Petermann Glacier
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Hot water drilling on Petermann GlacierStanding anywhere on Petermann ice shelf, the overriding sense you get is the proximity of water. A lot of water. Standing water, ranging from small ponds, up to lakes hundreds […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: It’s not all plain sailing at the top of the World
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: It’s not all plain sailing at the top of the WorldA scientist’s view from Petermann Fjord, NW Greenland Three-and-a-bit days is what it takes to get from London to Thule air base in northwest Greenland. A quick flight to Copenhagen […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Winter on Bird Island – a guide to passing the time!
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Winter on Bird Island – a guide to passing the time!How do you go from a life where you are constantly around many other people, going from one place to another, to a life where you have only three […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Life on Bird Island
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Life on Bird IslandLocated at the Western end of South Georgia, Bird Island sits directly in the path of approaching weather, and is often enveloped in cloud and mist. My 3 year old […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Wild Life!
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Wild Life!Birds Lucy has been busy at the colonies checking black brow albatross and grey headed albatross nests for failures and fledglings. The black browed albatross chicks have all gone now, […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: Setting foot back on land
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Setting foot back on landDiary entry: Friday 27 March 2015 Time: 2200 hrs UTC Position: 78° 13′ N / 15° 33′ E Air Temperature: +1.5 °C Wind Speed: 8 knots We made it! After 38 days onboard the […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: Total solar eclipse
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Total solar eclipseDiary entry: Friday 20 March 2015 Time: 1200 hrs UTC Position: 81° 44.23′ N / 19° 36.9′ E Air Temperature: −27.4 °C Wind Speed: 14 knots Nature is displaying a magnificent and […]
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ARCTIC BLOG: Enduring an Arctic storm
Read more of: ARCTIC BLOG: Enduring an Arctic stormDiary entry: Wednesday 18 March 2015 Time: 2237 hrs UTC Position: 82° 34.7′ N / 22° 43.6′ E Air Temperature: −32.6 °C Wind Speed: 12 knots The storm lasted not even 48 hours, […]
