Q&A – 3 Jan Arrigo May 23, 2014 Questions and Answers Layna and Jakob from Texas asked: How cold is it? The inside of the ship is heated just like your home in the winter. The outside temperatures...
Moritz Schmid Jan Arrigo May 23, 2014 Interviews, Schools Moritz Schmid What do you study? “I study zooplankton which is the animal part of the plankton. They are between 1/2 to 2 millimeters long,...
Scientific Equipment Jan Arrigo May 23, 2014 News from the Top of the World, Schools 2 Comments Scientists use many different types of equipment to help with their research. The equipment helps by either gathering or testing samples. On this...
Tanja Schollmeir Jan Arrigo May 18, 2014 Interviews Tanja Schollmeir Master’s student at the University of Alaska What are you studying? “Marine Biology. Initially, I was interested in...
Q&A – 2 Jan Arrigo May 18, 2014 Questions and Answers 1 Comment Evan from Palo Alto asked: Have you seen any animals yet? So far we’ve seen a lot of bald eagles. They are as common in Alaska as squirrels...
Farewell to Land Jan Arrigo May 18, 2014 News from the Top of the World, Schools May 14, the Healy headed out to sea! It had to be pulled from the dock and pointed in the right direction by two tugboats. The tugboats have to be...
Kevin Arrigo Ph.D. Jan Arrigo May 15, 2014 Interviews Kevin Arrigo Ph.D. Chief Scientist on the Healy Were you interested in Science in Elementary school? If so, what kind of Science? “Yes. I...
Q&A – 1 Jan Arrigo May 15, 2014 Questions and Answers 2 Comments Lorenzo and Celeste From Palo Alto asked: What Do phytoplankton look like? There are many types of phytoplankton and they all look a little...
Moving In Jan Arrigo May 15, 2014 News from the Top of the World 6 Comments Today Scientists moved onto the ship, The Healy. They were given room assignments, and then headed down to the lab to unpack and set up. Setting up...
Arctic Plankton Prints Ben Harden May 13, 2014 Art, Schools 2 Comments Here are the some of the products of a week-long workshop that we held at Falmouth Academy with Miss Curtis' and Mrs Nelson's grade 9 class. We...
