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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Measuring melt pond salinity and depth profile at the North...

Monday, 20 July 2015

Data Collection at the North PoleMy first time ever to the North...

Data Collection at the North Pole

My first time ever to the North Pole and the weather was gorgeous! It took several hours of searching with the helicopter to find a suitable spot a few miles from the pole itself, and Lauren had the luck to be along for the hour-long ride.

After enjoying the sunshine and scenery we get down to work, measuring the dimensions and salinity of two ponds. This all went surprisingly well for a first attempt and we learned enough to know what we want to measure next time and how we will include guests in the process.

Sailing to the North Pole is an expedition cruise like no other. It was a special experience, more so than I expected, and I’m really happy that the science went well too! I’ll be back three more times this summer and I can’t wait.

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Our project to collect sea ice data in the Arctic Ocean this...

Our project to collect sea ice data in the Arctic Ocean this summer (http://ift.tt/1fhaoiZ) has been awarded the right to carry the Explorers Club flag.

Club flags have been carried to both poles, the summit of Everest and the bottom of the Marianas Trench. They’ve been carried into space, on the surface of the Moon and famously at the top of the mast on Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki.

The flag you are awarded may have been on many expeditions before, and so it is more than just an honour, it is a reminder that we are standing on the shoulders of giants, following in the Western traditions of scientific enquiry and building on the work of those that went before us.

Without traditions we are always starting from scratch and we can never aim nearly as high.

Sunday, 5 April 2015

I’m proud to say that I have been elected as a Fellow of The...

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I’m proud to say that I have been elected as a Fellow of The Explorers Club in New York City. Members have been the first to the summit of Everest, the South Pole, the deepest point of the ocean and the Moon. I’m excited and honoured to be part of such illustrious company and look forward to any new opportunities this might bring.