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On board the Amundsen: Goodbye and adieu

On board the Amundsen: Goodbye and adieu

Spending one week on board the CCGS Amundsen has been a humbling, inspiring, and altogether amazing experience for me. As I said before, it has been a great privilege, too – not even Nature’s science reporters often get to see spots as grandiose and pristine as the Canadian Arctic.  Read more

On board the Amundsen: how sea ice could affect permafrost

On board the Amundsen: how sea ice could affect permafrost

Spending time on board a research ship inevitably blurs the separation line between reporting and doing science, even though most of the time the ‘science’ part of it is limited to dragging a sled-load of gear out onto the ice or, at best, pulling up a sampling net from a dive hole.  Read more

On board the Amundsen: Radars and wizards

On board the Amundsen: Radars and wizards

“The scatterometer is purring like a kitten“, Randy Scharien proudly told the sea ice team when we came back from the ice today, just in time for lunch (Tuna Salad, Italian Sausages with Rosée Sauce, Queen Elizabeth Cake – have I mentioned that Jacques Beaudet, our chef cook from Shawinigan, Québec, is a true wizard?)  … Read more