It was June 23rd, day of the crew change, near Qikiqtarjuaq. We had a partially clear sky, just long enough to complete all the helicopter flights for cargo transportation, ice camp assistance and scientific team minor changes.
Category Archives: Science at sea
What can we learn from big whorls and little buoys? (part 2)
How can we study these smaller whorls at the smaller and smaller scales that can influence the movement of patches of nutrients, light, or both? With small buoys!
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DMS is in the air…
There is a sweet, sticky seafood smell in the crisp Arctic air that makes me happy. It turns my neurons on every morning, when I bend over the port railing of the Amundsen on my way to the laboratory. This smell emanates from the sea surface and is called DMS, shorthand for dimethyl sulfide. I admit that sometimes, in the intimacy of the laboratory, I open a tiny bottle of pure DMS and smell it to find immediate comfort. And as you will see, I am not the only one.