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Arctic Melt Pond Water- Delicious!

Jan Arrigo
June 19, 2014
News from the Top of the World, Schools
One afternoon after a long day working on the ice, we decided to drink some of the water from a clear blue melt pond. We inched ourselves to the...
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The Board of Lies

Jan Arrigo
June 6, 2014
News from the Top of the World, Schools
Scientists need to be very flexible when working in the field.  Things don't always go as planned and new plans have to be made, often quickly. ...
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What’s All the Fuss About Phytoplankton?

Jan Arrigo
June 6, 2014
News from the Top of the World, Schools
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Phytoplankton are very small, they have only one cell.  Humans have about 100 trillion cells! So why are they so important? Phytoplankton are the...
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Ship Life

Jan Arrigo
May 28, 2014
News from the Top of the World, Schools
6 Comments
Life on board The Healy is hard work! There are many flights of stairs to climb to get from place to place. Each hallway has a heavy metal door to...
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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...
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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...
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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...

Latest Dispatches

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    Closing the Circle

    Dallas Murphy
    July 1, 2014
    We crossed the Arctic Circle, 66° 33’ North, southbound on Friday afternoon, June 20, an exquisite, cloudless day. ...
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    The Last Ice Station

    Dallas Murphy
    June 24, 2014
    THE LAST ICE STATION As of yesterday morning, Healy had passed the 5,000-mile mark.  On 19 June, she’ll point her...
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    Drifting

    Dallas Murphy
    June 19, 2014
    Dean Stockwell was helping Joannie Ferland identify individual species from photographs of phytoplankton she’d shot...

Latest Photos

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    Transiting Home

    Amanda Kowalski
    June 30, 2014
    Though leaving the Arctic Circle was bittersweet, it was stunning to see sunset over open water. It will be hard to say...
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    Sunny Day

    Amanda Kowalski
    June 24, 2014
    A rare sunny day during the Arctic...
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    CTD

    Amanda Kowalski
    June 19, 2014
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    The CTD (standing for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) is a vital tool for oceanographers. It measures the temperature...
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    Animals of the Week – 2

    Master Chief Sullivan
    June 19, 2014
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