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Arctic West Summer Expedition Update, VI: April 28, 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – As I write this we are just less than 100 nautical miles south of St. Lawrence Island in ice at least three feet thick. There are scientists on the ice... Read the rest

Arctic West Summer Expedition Update, V: April 17, 2008
Apr 17, 2008 – Over the past week we have continued to make steady progress through the ice covered part of the Bering Sea. On even days we do what the scientists call "process... Read the rest

Arctic West Summer Expedition Update, IV: April 8, 2008
Apr 8, 2008 – We've been in the ice and working hard ever since my last posting. Several equipment casualties have kept the engineers very busy, but their creative solutions have allowed the ship... Read the rest

Arctic West Summer Expedition Update, III: April 1, 2008
Apr 1, 2008 – Currently we are back in the ice and back to doing science. 0801 ended quite well for most of the scientists. Unfortunately the group studying the diving sea ducks (Spectacled... Read the rest

Arctic West Summer 2008 Expedition Update, II: March 24, 2008
Mar 24, 2008 – We arrived at our first science station on Sunday after beating through some unexpectedly difficult ice. The ice is not all that thick, but in some places there are several... Read the rest

Arctic West Summer 2008 Expedition Update, I: March 17, 2008
Mar 17, 2008 – As most of you know we said good bye to Seattle last week on the 6th. The Artic West Summer 2008 Deployment is now officially underway. I hope to write... Read the rest

USCGC Healy Under Way for Arctic West Summer 2008: Impact of Melting Ice on Beringian Ecosystem to be Studied
Mar 4, 2008 – SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - The nation’s largest icebreaker, USCGC HEALY, commanded by CAPT Ted Lindström, will depart her homeport of Seattle, WA on the 6th of March. HEALY’s departure from Seattle will denote... Read the rest

Arctic Voice: A 3,000 miles journey by kayak and dog-sled to hear the stories of the Inuit
Sep 16, 2007 – Arctic Voice is an inspirational, educational project. The whole Arctic region is already showing signs of dramatic change, and it will rapidly get a lot worse. Linking up with indigenous... Read the rest

Arctic Voice Expedition Blog
Sep 16, 2007 – Here you’ll be able to follow the progress of the three stages of the expedition as the team travels through Arctic Canada and hear about the people they meet. The... Read the rest

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