JCR Arctic Final Update
This is the final update from the James Clark Ross from the JR288 Arctic cruise. The science is now almost complete and the ship is on passage to Dundee, from […]
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JCR Arctic Update 29th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 29th July 2013Monday proved to be an interesting day for us all on the JCR. Just after mid-day a BAS Twin Otter aircraft did a fly past, having taken off from Longyearbyen […]
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JCR Arctic Update 28th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 28th July 2013Another busy day of sampling on board the James Clark Ross. Noon Position Report for Sunday 28th July 2013 Latitude: 78° 53.1 N Longitude: 007° 07.5 W Bearing: 278 °T, […]
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JCR Arctic Update 27th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 27th July 2013The highlight of the day for Friday was the sighting of a mother polar bear with two cubs on an ice-floe. Alas weather conditions were poor for good photography but […]
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JCR Arctic Update 26th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 26th July 2013Most of Friday was spent amongst pack ice, which at times made deployment of equipment interesting. The weather continues to be good, with light winds and clear skies. As the […]
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JCR Arctic Update 25th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 25th July 2013The JCR spent much of the day in sight of Greenland, with a heat haze seen across the pack ice. Not a great deal of wildlife in the past twenty […]
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JCR Arctic Update 23rd July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 23rd July 2013The science work being carried out on board the RRS James Clark Ross is very varied, with underway air sampling, CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth), which includes collecting samples from […]
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JCR Arctic Update 22nd July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 22nd July 2013Another day of thick fog in the morning and then clearing during the afternoon. The ship was only a few miles off the coast of Greenland and it was lovely […]
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James Clark Ross Arctic Cruise 2013 – JR288
Read more of: James Clark Ross Arctic Cruise 2013 – JR288The James Clark Ross is currently engaged on a month long science cruise, designated JR288, to the Arctic. Initially the ship is working to the east of Greenland, slowly heading […]
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Rothera Diary – July 2013
Read more of: Rothera Diary – July 2013Midwinter Roundup The days got shorter and shorter, the sun stopped appearing over the mountainous horizon and the snow continued to fall; winter was well and truly here at Rothera […]
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King Edward Point Diary – May 2013
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – May 2013May is the greatest month of the year. ‘Quite a grand statement’ you might say,’ what about December?’. Forget December, its rubbish. May is the best for two reasons 1)It […]
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King Edward Point Diary – April 2013
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – April 2013April Web Diary (better late than never!) It’s difficult to know what to write in a base diary – do people want to hear about what I’ve been up to […]