MORE PICTURES, MAS FOTOS ! ! !
Thanks to my colleagues on the Arctic Circle Expedition, we have now assembled a nice collection of pictures you can now explore with us. I hope you enjoy them! You can see them by following this link: NPHC Expedition
What cannot be enjoyed, is the stream of news that continues […]

Almost two weeks of work at the edge of the Arctic Circle, provided us with first hand evidence on the advancement of Climate Change:
1. The ice cap is becoming smaller and thinner. Think of how this diminishes the Arctic’s dual capacity of contributing to the global climate system: as a giant reflector of the sun’s rays […]

Casi dos semanas de trabajo en el Circulo Ártico, nos suministraron suficiente evidencia de primera mano acerca del avance del Cambio Climático:
1. La capa de hielo se está haciendo más pequeña y más delgada. Pensemos como disminuye esto la doble capacidad del Artico de contribuir al sistema de clima global: primero como un espejo gigante […]

Today is our last day at the Research Center. Packing up, saying goodbye to those that have been our colleagues and will stay behind, and beginning the long journey home will occupy most of our time.

According to the weather forecast, every time I land after multiple flights during the next hours, I will have experienced […]

Hoy es nuestro ultimo día en el Centro de Investigación. Empacar, despedirse de los que han sido nuestros colegas y se quedan, y emprender el largo viaje de regreso es lo que corresponde.

Según el pronostico del tiempo, cada vez que aterrice durante las próximas horas de múltiples recorridos, habré experimentado un ‘cambio climático’ de aproximadamente […]

Over the past days I have been meaning to share with you some details on our living and working quarters, and never got the time to do so. So here it is…
Our Research Center is located very close to the Hudson Bay, in what used to be a military research installation complete with several rocket […]

Durante los últimos días he querido compartir con usted algunos detalles sobre nuestras instalaciones, y nuestra manera de vivir y trabajar. Sin embargo no es hasta ahora que encuentro el tiempo para hacerlo, de manera que aquí esta…
Nuestro Centro de Investigación esta muy cerca de la Bahía Hudson, en unas instalaciones que fueron usadas como […]

Hace algunos años sonó mi teléfono a las 4:30 de la mañana. Medio dormido lo tomé y al otro lado escuché la voz de mi padre. Me llamaba para compartir conmigo que en ese momento había terminado de leer un libro titulado “Un Pasaje entre los Océanos” que cuenta elocuentemente la historia de la construcción […]

Several years ago my phone rung at 4:30 in the morning. Half asleep I picked it up to hear my father’s voice on the other side. He was calling to share with me his excitement on having just finished reading a book called “A Path Between the Seas” which eloquently describes the history of the […]

WE ARE NOT GOING OUT TODAY…
This morning we assembled for our usual morning planning session. Lee Ann made it official: the weather today is just too cold to go out. With a temperature of - 34 C and a wind chill factor of - 57 C, its too much of a risk to go […]