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The field work portion of the CODA project is coming to an end. After years of planning and preparations dotted with short trips to...

Lucia is a postdoctoral research associate from Slovakia that is working closely with Jim on the CODA project. She is spunky and...

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...

After 14 days of quarantining in a hotel in Seward, Alaska, the 4-person CODA science team received negative test results and the...

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

Dr. Jim Thomson is the head honcho (or, in science research lingo, the "Principal Investigator"). He is a gifted Oceanographer at the...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...