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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0230236. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Please select a name below to see the individual log. Bob McCarthy | Gerhard Behrens | Andreas Münchow Questions? Write to me at gerhard_behrens@corvallis.k12.or.us Log August-15-2003 Report Card for CATS Last day on the ship. Since I am a teacher, it must be time for a report card... More Log August-14-2003 So, you wanna be a scientist? At my school, Adams Elementary in Corvallis, OR, every student knows about Lifeskills... More Log August-13-2003 Is there life down under? You bet The mammals of the Arctic waters are fascinating and plentiful... More Log August-12-2003 Pack, unpack, pack up again The science team has plans for two more moorings, some clam hunting, and continued sea bottom mapping... More Log August-11-2003 Not just any boat ride Cruising the waters of the Arctic in a 420 foot Coast Guard icebreaker... More Log August-10-2003 Our other lives It is Sunday again; a relaxed schedule for the crew, but one as full as possible for the science team... More Log August-9-2003 Anything out there? My hometown newspaper, the Corvallis Gazette-Times, asked me what I found most surprising about this cruise... More Log August-8-2003 Help wanted: Oceanographer Yesterday, the ship was geared up for all kinds of action: take more water samples, put in another mooring... More Log August-7-2003 The Inuit, First People of the North Last night, Pauloosie Akeeagok gave us a lesson in a different kind of science: social science, the science of people... More Log August-6-2003 Chance of a lifetime Sometimes, lots of hard work can really pay off. If you read every night, you will become... More Log August-5-2003 More moorings Nothing fancy today, just more moorings. Remember, a mooring is a piece of ocean measuring equipment... More Log August-4-2003 Yup, it is cold out there. We’ve been at sea for two weeks. Every day is still an adventure no matter who you are on this ship... More Log August-3-2003 A three ring circus It’s Sunday, but as I wrote last week, it is a regular workday for the scientists and much of the Healy Crew... More Log August-2-2003 Check and double-check When students finish something in my class, one of the first things I say to them is... More Log August-1-2003 Iceberg alley Many people hear the word iceberg and think about the Titanic... More Log July-31-2003 Water's fingerprint or signature Using chemistry tools, a scientist can tell a lot about the water... More Log July-30-2003 A day of coring Yesterday, I wrote that Monday's big news was the helicopter operation... More Log July-29-2003 Helicopter operations Every day, one thing seems to grab the ship’s attention... More Log July-28-2003 Relaxing and working Yesterday was Sunday. In some ways you could feel it, and in other ways it was like... More Log July-27-2003 Samples are not so simple! We are about 73 degrees north, getting close to a very small town called Pond Inlet... More Log July-26-2003 Water testing begins While I'm waiting for the cups to return, my thoughts are in France, this being the penultimate day... More Log July-25-2003 Getting ready to collect important data During the last few days, the scientists, the lab technicians, the mechanical specialists, and the Coast Guard... More Log July-24-2003 Labrador Sea Why are we doing science way up near the North Pole? That is a question lots of... More Log July-23-2003 Water, water everywhere We are still steaming north towards Baffin Bay and the Nares Straight... More Log July-22-2003 Steaming north This is our second day of "steaming" north... More Log July-21-2003 First day at sea On a more serious side, today we were instructed on the procedures to follow for real emergencies: general emergency, collisions... More Log July-20-2003 Leaving St. John's, Newfoundland The scientists got themselves ready, too, but not always in the way you might guess... More Log July-18-2003 Arriving from Portland, Oregon What a long day for us West-coasters. We left our Portland, OR, hotel at 5:00 am, and arrived at the Healy, in St. John's, Newfoundland at midnight... More Log July-16-2003 Nerveous anticipation I'm not on the Healy in the middle of Baffin Bay, nor am I on the ship in the St. John's harbor. I am ... More | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||