ICESCAPE blog

This year we have had the opportunity to follow what scientists are doing in the Arctic through excellent blogs for different operations, such as Operation IceBridge and ICEX 2011. The ESA CryoSat ice blog was extremely informative as well. All these blogs of course ended when the operations ended. Luckily we now have the opportunity to follow the ICESCAPE blog. In fact, they have been blogging for almost 3 weeks now (but I only noticed last week, ahem).

ICESCAPE stands for Impacts of Climate change on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment, and is a multi-year project sponsored by NASA to determine the impact of climate change upon the health of the Arctic Ocean. 47 scientists aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy are on a five-week mission to study how changing conditions in the Arctic affect the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems.

In the past couple of days I have been reading up on their blog and read some fantastic interviews (with chief scientist Kevin Arrigo and albedo expert Don Perovich), learned about some of the equipment they are using, and heard some great sounds (like the sound of breaking ice). All in all a fantastic resource for Arctic aficionados.

This more or less is their weekly blog schedule:

Sundays: Tales from ICESCAPE
See the mission's drama unfold as we relay the process of scientific discovery, both its challenges and successes.

Mondays: Image of the week
We present our favorite image of the week along with background information putting the image in context with mission science.

Tuesdays: Tech Tuesday
Shows off some of the cool instruments and gadgetry that make ICESCAPE science possible.

Wednesdays: Q&A
Who are the people behind the mission? Here we profile a scientist or crew member with a series of question and answers.

Thursdays: Tales from ICESCAPE  
See the mission's drama unfold as we relay the process of scientific discovery, both its challenges and successes.

Fridays: Sound of the week
So you've seen the pictures, but what does research aboard an icebreaker in the Arctic sound like?

Saturdays: Arctic history
ICESCAPE is not the first scientific mission to study the Arctic. How did we get to this point? How will ICESCAPE continue the legacy?

Comments

[Seke Rob]

Thanks for this great link... duly bookmarked for frequent revisit.