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Day 22: North!
Coordinates: 62.50 N 72.50 W Our location – finally getting back on track! A very quick late-night update – we’re finally, after 11 days of waiting in the Hudson Bay, heading north to Baffin Bay to...
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Day 25: Back to Science in the Baffin Bay
Coordinates: 64.50 N 58.56 W Our location off Baffin Island. Finally, a scientific station – Baffin Bay One! The Amundsen was humming with activity yesterday as everyone, in parallel, worked on their...
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Amundsen Crew Special: An Interview with Chief Engineer Abigail Lachance
Any scientific work that happens on the Amundsen owes a great deal to the men and women of her crew, who work around the clock to keep us safe at sea in the northern ice. Today on the blog, I...
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Day 28: Breaking, fixing
Coordinates: 72.45 N 55.48 W Day 28 – Today’s location. We’ve moved north in the Baffin Bay and are working hard on a deep-cast station. By and large, it hasn’t been an easy one – over the course of...
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Day 31: Out of darkness, out of time
Coordinates: 74.27 N 80.35 W Today’s location – near Devon Island. Time is a construct, and there isn’t enough of it. We’re floating off the shore of Devon Island, working through our first Archipelago...
View ArticleQuestion Special: Answers to Questions
Thank you for all the questions we’ve received over the weeks! I’ve let a bit of a backlog build up, so several of us have teamed up to answer them all at once. How fast does the ship go? How many...
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Day 34: On Recommence Après Troubleshoot
Coordinates: 74.07 N 91.75 W Today’s location. On recommence après troubleshoot. Credit Martine Lizotte. “On recommence après troubleshoot” is something Martine Lizotte, one of the scientists, wrote...
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Expedition Science Special! Episode 2: In Conversation with Dr. Phil Tortell
For today’s episode of Expedition Science Special, we’re going to be doing an interview with Dr. Phil Tortell, who’s a professor at the University of British Columbia, who works on dissolved gasses and...
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Day 38: A polar bear!
The polar bear chose a nice time to visit – right after a very pleasant Sunday dinner (an impromptu acoustic concert accompanied by a few glasses of wine). After all the hope and anticipation, there he...
View ArticleDay the Last: Woo, Science!
Coordinates: 68.58 N, 105.27 W Well, we’re done, more or less – we’re currently deploying the rosette for our last station of this leg of the expedition. I’ve recorded some of the scientists on board...
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