Ice, Wind & Fury
By Marilena Oltmanns *This article was originally published in Oceanus magazine. Dead silence falls over Tasiilaq. Whatever mid-winter daylight appeared briefly in this village on the southeast coast of Greenland…
OSNAP Related Postdoctoral Position – Duke University
Open Postdoctoral Position at Duke University with Susan Lozier A postdoctoral research position is available in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. The researcher will take the…
OSNAP at AGU
OSNAP will be well represented at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting! Many of the scientist who have written for the blog will be giving presentations on their work. This will…
Mysteries of the Deep Subpolar North Atlantic
by Amy Bower and Heather Furey Over the past several decades, oceanographers have constructed maps of the deep currents in the North Atlantic by piecing together measurements of currents and…
The case of the gigantic underwater cyclone
The largest water fall in the world is an underwater waterfall. Its just northwest of Iceland, and it begins with water spilling over an underwater ledge between Iceland and Greenland,…
Glass floats embark on a 2 year mission at sea
As we head back towards Reykjavik, 19 long cylindrical glass floats are just beginning their own journeys. Over the course of our month at sea, WHOI technician Elizabeth Bonk deployed…
Life in Knorr-world
The internet connection on the R/V Knorr is tenable, but slow. When I sit down at the computer, I often bring reading material to look at while web pages load.…
Through the Prince Christian Sound
Photos by Carolina Nobre “Greenland is great because it has complex boundary currents,” explains Bob Pickart. That’s why, in the course of our trip, we’ve spent a lot of time…
Deploying tripods on the continental shelf
The so-called “tripods” on board the Knorr look like lunar landers, or blobs of giant pollen, depending on how you tilt your head. They’re a kind of mooring: a package…
Resolutions
At all hours of the day and night, the team of 6 watchstanders have been taking turns hauling a heavy piece of equipment into and out of the ocean. The…