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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. He is also a tough p...

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.

Kristina was part of the GoWest team, analyzing the polar cod that came up in the SUIT net and their food sources. Background Questions 1. Where did you grow...

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 story of some orange...

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 somewhat sardonic reply l...

According to Franz, polar bears are really just repackaged arctic cod. Polar bears eat seals and seals eat arctic cod. These little fish bring the carbon tha...

Hauke Flores and Franz Mueter led the GoWest team, onboard the Sikuliaq to study arctic cod (also called polar cod). These fish are found further north than ...

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 pull heat from the o...

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 can all get to know ...

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!

The 26 scientists aboard the Sikuliaq are, by choice, spending the month of November above the arctic circle. The sun has now officially stopped appearing ab...

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 northern coast of Alask...

“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 you add that to the PO...

There are eccentric looking instruments scattered about the lab, each a tailored assembly of sensors and lasers, shackles and hose clamps. They each have a v...

Science starts with a question. What is that? How does it work? Why does it do that? When does it change? These questions then drive a hypothesis, a guess at...

That was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. We were all sitting in the main lab for the daily 18:00 science meeting when the call came down fro...

Want to hang out in the frozen Arctic with us…from the cozy comfort of your couch? Your first chance is just TWO DAYS away! We are hosting THREE live stream ...

Nome is an obvious place to begin an expedition into the Alaskan Arctic; there is a long pier capable of housing large ships, access to diesel, an airport wi...

Last weekend, we were in Newport, Oregon getting our first peak at our home for the next month: the research vessel, Sikuliaq. But we weren’t there just to t...

A clever gaggle of 8th graders impressed us with their passion, energy and awareness. We were thrilled to be invited to talk to 50-or-so 8th graders in Gooch...