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That's a wrap
The field work portion of the CODA project is coming to an end. After years of planning and preparations dotted with short trips to...
Oct 12, 2020
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Meet the team: Lucia Hošeková
Lucia is a postdoctoral research associate from Slovakia that is working closely with Jim on the CODA project. She is spunky and...
Sep 24, 2020
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So much has to go right
The CODA science team is finally at their first science stop! 23 days after the expedition started (14 days of quarantine and 9 days of...
Sep 23, 2020
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And they're off!
After 14 days of quarantining in a hotel in Seward, Alaska, the 4-person CODA science team received negative test results and the...
Sep 14, 2020
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With three days to go, what does life look like?
What would you be doing in the days before leaving to be at sea for six weeks? Our scientists offer a little peak into their days of prep
Aug 27, 2020
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Meet the team: Jim Thomson
Dr. Jim Thomson is the head honcho (or, in science research lingo, the "Principal Investigator"). He is a gifted Oceanographer at the...
Aug 19, 2020
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Remember when?
Do you remember when we dropped big sea-spider-looking tripods off of the back of the R/V Sikuliaq in the icy dark of last November? For...
Aug 14, 2020
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Meet the team: Nirni Kumar
Nirni was one of the lead scientists with the CODA project aboard the Sikuliaq. He is a wiz at translating raw data into climate models....
Jan 31, 2020
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Live on King 5
Seattle learned more about the CODA project this week with this King 5 news piece by Glenn Farley. We wanted to share it here too.
Jan 23, 2020
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Meet the team: Kristina Kunz
Kristina was part of the GoWest team, analyzing the polar cod that came up in the SUIT net and their food sources. Background Questions...
Jan 8, 2020
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The tale of two orange squiggles
Happy 2020! May this be the year of major climate action and terrible optometry jokes. To get the year started, I’d like to tell you the...
Jan 2, 2020
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Scientists don't know everything...?
Have you ever met a doctor and spontaneously asked them about your recently injured shoulder, only to be met by a blank stare and a...
Dec 18, 2019
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little fish in a big net
According to Franz, polar bears are really just repackaged arctic cod. Polar bears eat seals and seals eat arctic cod. These little fish...
Dec 13, 2019
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Meet the team: Hauke Flores
Hauke Flores and Franz Mueter led the GoWest team, onboard the Sikuliaq to study arctic cod (also called polar cod). These fish are found...
Dec 6, 2019
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A stormy icescape
In the arctic autumn, as the sun disappears under the horizon, the dark days quickly zap heat from the air. That cold air then starts to...
Dec 2, 2019
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Meet the team: Franz Mueter
When the scientists were not busy doing very important science work, I asked each of them to fill out a little questionnaire, so that we...
Nov 29, 2019
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A Sikuliaq walking tour
As a follow up to my last article detailing the ship, I wanted to share this fun 5-minute "walking tour" video we made. Enjoy!
Nov 25, 2019
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What about the vessel?
The 26 scientists aboard the Sikuliaq are, by choice, spending the month of November above the arctic circle. The sun has now officially...
Nov 24, 2019
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From calm to washing machine
Our whole world is about to get thrown about. For the last 8 days, we have been pushing through new sea ice forming rapidly along the...
Nov 20, 2019
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Confounding strings of letters
“Hey Jim, based on the latest GOFS we want to send down the LISST on the shelf, but first we need to cast the CTD from the CHUMP. Will...
Nov 18, 2019
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