By: ORPTeam On: August 18, 2018 In: STEM Education, Uncategorized Comments: 0

Elizabeth Varner has been busy sending us clear low-resolution pictures to our primitive satellite email.  She has been doing her best to gain satellite connection and snapshots of areas just one step ahead of our path. Luckily for us, Elizabeth (our high school STEM intern and home-base intelligence), has...

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By: ORPTeam On: August 8, 2018 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Matt and I made it to Aasiaat, Greenland. A small town of about 3,000 people. It sits at the edge of Western Greenland marking the southern corner of Disko bay. In that bay is a famous glacier called Jakobshavn Glacier. It is reported to  be melting at an incredible...

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By: ORPTeam On: July 23, 2018 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Anne Arundel County Public School: Hey guys! I’m going to Canada. So what?, you might be thinking  as you read this.You might have summer adventures planned, too. Maybe you’re heading to a nearby beach, going up to the mountains or visiting family across the country. But I bet my...

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By: ORPTeam On: August 10, 2016 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

We are on fire! I am just thrilled that we are finally back to 24 hour operations in the ice, mapping Inglefield glacial fjord’s seafloor and comparing the subsurface temperatures lurking in front of the glaciers. I am kind of the boat’s fortune teller. I wake up every 5...

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By: ORPTeam On: July 25, 2016 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

There is more on my mind than just puppies and icebergs. Getting through Baffin Bay was a piece a cake except when I interpreted  the radar returns in heavy fog as scattered noise  and a wall of ice appeared  out of the mist. The marine debris trawl samples are...

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By: ORPTeam On: July 3, 2016 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Exploratory research is a labor of love. If you had a choice to further science by developing the methods for an emerging study that directly monitors the influence of climate change, would you? We make it happen, aside of our limited time and resources before our big sea floor...

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By: ORPTeam On: September 8, 2015 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Captain Matt and I are waiting out some stronger winds before heading back South to Sismut and finishing our work along the way. We are pretty comfortable on anchor hiding on the leeward side of Upernavik Island. Soon we will fuel up and get some food from a food...

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By: ORPTeam On: August 26, 2015 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Student Responses to Ships and Satellites Together Modeling World Ocean Salinity and Temperature

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By: ORPTeam On: August 25, 2015 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting from all sides. Not surprisingly, as air temperatures above it continue to warm, scientists have observed a steadily increasing amount of surface melt each year. What is less known is that where the ice sheet meets the ocean—in valleys and fjords referred to...

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By: ORPTeam On: August 25, 2015 In: STEM Education Comments: 0

Exploration and science often go hand in hand. Since the early days of the polar exploration, science including land and sea survey have almost always been on the agenda. It was totally normal for a crew to sail towards the poles, shoving ones way into totally unfamiliar frozen territory...

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