I just got a nice note from 2010 Polaris student Kate Lewis who was writing from Reykjavik harbor. Kate graduated from WWU and has been working at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute as a Summer Student Fellow. Kate wrote that she had just finished one trip to Iceland with Chris Linder and was waiting for the R/V Knorr to depart on another cruise – this time with writer Dallas Murphy. This trip will study ocean circulation in the Denmark Strait. Follow them and the excellent journals by Dallas here. I loved hearing from Kate and hearing about the connection between Polaris alums as they continue to do research around the world.
Good luck and good science to all on the cruise. I hope the seas calm down!
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Nancy J. Leff says
October 11, 2011 at 6:17 pmI’ve read about “waves like mountains” in stories. Now, here they are in real life! Kudos to courageous fellow WWU alumni. I started having my junior high students track global warming in 1996 (icebergs.) So, that’s how, eventually, I found my way to this site. 🙂 I’ am interested in how the melting bergs would affect the ocean temperature and the raising temperatures would thereby affect the land and cities closest to affected bodies of water. Now, I have cancer, and I’ve ordered my “mountains” to be removed into the sea. 🙂
Alexandra says
November 22, 2011 at 1:41 pmscaryy stuff!!!