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Friday, 20 March 2009 03:35
On Station
Transmission Location: At sea, 25 miles SW of Northwest Cape, Gambell Village, St Lawrence Island.
Lat/Long: 63deg 45.282 min N/171 deg 47.34 min W (grid 63.75). Time: 0915. Temperature: ?1.5 dgF, Wind: 19.5 mph from NW. Wind Chill: ?19 dgF. Clear skies. Sunrise: 9:41 AM, Sunset: 9:39 PM. Ice: very close pack, new ice ~3ft. thick, big floes. Note: Ravens on ice, St. Lawrence Island clearly visible from Bridge. Reports provided by Tom Litwin and Tom Walker.
MOUNTAINS OF ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND’S SOUTH COAST FROM DECK OF USCGS HEALY Photo Credit: Tom Litwin
The first sampling station quickly reveals t...
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:50
Into the Bering Sea, Into the Ice
Transmission Location: At sea, 70 miles SW of Southwest Cape, St Lawrence Island
Lat/Long: 63.16.2N/173.43.7W. Time: 0900 Temperature: ?5.1 dgF, Wind: 7 mph from NW
Wind Chill: ?22 dgF. Clear skies. Sunrise: 9:47 AM, Sunset: 9:39 PM. Ice: compact sea ice/w leads and lakes. Note: Walrus en route to first station.
The Healy left the Gulf of Alaska on March 12, entering Unimak Pass at 2:00 AM. This major navigational route passes between the Aleutian Islands of Unimak and Akun, the gateway between the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Emerging from the pass before dawn, the ship’s navigator set a course that would bring the Healy just east of St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs by 7:30 PM.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 19:44
Rendezvous In Kodiak
USCGC HEALY ENTERING CHINIAK BAY, KODIAK, ALASKA
Credit: Tom Walker
Transmission Location: At sea, 70 miles SW of Southwest Cape, St Lawrence Island
Temperature: 8.5 dgF, Wind Chill: ?22 dgF. Wind: 13 mph from NW
Sunrise: 9:47 AM, Sunset: 9:39 PM. Ice: compact sea ice.
The rendezvous with our ship was easier for some than others. The Seattle-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy was making its way to Kodiak to meet the science research team, load equipment, board the science party, and then sail on to the Bering Sea. The route to Kodiak seemed simple enough. Then, two and a half days out the wind pic...
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 19:40
On thin ice in the Bering Sea
A documentary by Tom Litwin, Clark Science Center and Lawrence R. Hott, Florentine Films/Hott Productions
Watch video podcasts from the documentary.
The Bering Sea – the oval of water between the Aleutians and the Bering Strait – is no ordinary or inconsequential place. The Bering Sea touches two continents, joins two great oceans, spans hemi¬spheres. It’s huge – one and a half times the size of Alaska – and wondrous. It is home to twenty-six species of marine mammals, including twelve kinds of whales, and over 450 species of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks; no less than 80% of the U.S. seabird population spends...
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 19:36
NOVA: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part Four
In this series of video stories, On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea, explore the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy.
On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea is a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with the Clark Science Center at Smith College. Produced by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Litwin. For full credits, go to pbs.org/nova/extremeice/credits.html
Copyright 2009 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. www.florentinefilms.org
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 19:35
NOVA: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part Three
In this series of video stories, On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea, explore the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy.
On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea is a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with the Clark Science Center at Smith College. Produced by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Litwin. For full credits, go to pbs.org/nova/extremeice/credits.html
Copyright 2009 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. www.florentinefilms.org
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 19:34
NOVA: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part Two
In this series of video stories, On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea, explore the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy.
On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea is a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with the Clark Science Center at Smith College. Produced by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Litwin. For full credits, go to pbs.org/nova/extremeice/credits.html
Copyright 2009 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. www.florentinefilms.org
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 19:24
NOVA: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part One
In this series of video stories, On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea, explore the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy.
On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea is a production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. in association with the Clark Science Center at Smith College. Produced by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Litwin. For full credits, go to pbs.org/nova/extremeice/credits.html
Copyright 2009 Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. www.florentinefilms.org
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:45
International Team Confirms an Alps-like Mountain Range Exists under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
A Capstone of NSF-supported International Polar Year Deployments, AGAP Project May Help Determine What Caused Ice Sheet to Form
Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a US-led international team of scientists has not only verified the existence of a mountain range that is suspected to have caused the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet to form, but also has created a detailed picture of the rugged landscape buried under more than four kilometers (2.5 miles) of ice.
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Sunday, 22 February 2009 16:00
Keeping an eye on the ice: POLENET systems continually monitor west Antarctica
Columbus, Ohio — In a mission of unprecedented scale, scientists are covering West Antarctica with a network of sensors to monitor the interactions between the ice and the earth below — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Credit: POLENET. GPS system at Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica
In 2007 the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the collaboration, called POLENET (The Polar Earth Observing Network -- www.polenet.org), $4.5 million to plant global positioning system (GPS) trackers and seismic sensors on the bedrock that cradles the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Lead insti...
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