Recently in arctic blog Category

On the way home from the Amundsen I take part in a whale survey.

Ice surface reflectivity results and a successful catch of Arctic cod larvae.

Researchers hit the onboard laboratories as the Amundsen moves to another sampling station.

Ocean sampling takes off in earnest.

The icebreaker refuels and the researchers move their equipment ready for the move into open water.

Today researchers take measurements out on the ice, perhaps for the last time this trip.

After waiting for the fog to clear, today I join researchers on board the Amundsen.

Just one flight into my epic six-flight trip to join the Amundsen icebreaker in the Canadian Arctic and I had already seen a polar bear. Admittedly it was made of plastic and a little closer than I'd like to get to any real ones I come across during the next week, but I'm taking it as a good omen.

 

Research news straight from the Amundsen, a Canadian icebreaker where scientists are investigating climate change in the Arctic Ocean for International Polar Year.