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Fallout, continued

Posted on October 31, 2013 by JamieOctober 31, 2013

A quick update on public research funding. Dust of the post-government shutdown variety — not the aeolian sort about which chemical oceanographers get excited — continues to settle on science in Antarctica. In a statement released this week by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Science Shutdown

Hunkered down, awaiting science

Posted on October 28, 2013 by JamieOctober 28, 2013

By the hard numbers, it’s springtime in Antarctica. Each passing day brings more sun to the sky: Sunrise this morning was at 4:56 a.m. and sunset at 9:03 p.m., giving Peninsula residents over 16 official hours of daylight. Daily high … Continue reading →

Posted in Life on Station, Science

Fallout

Posted on October 18, 2013 by JamieOctober 21, 2013

As the dust begins to settle on the U.S. government shutdown, we’re beginning to hear the first somber stories about scientists whose research plans were irrevocably altered or, in some particularly heartbreaking cases, altogether terminated by the 17-day lapse in … Continue reading →

Posted in Life on Station, Science, Science Shutdown

Back in business

Posted on October 17, 2013 by JamieOctober 18, 2013

A quick word from Palmer Station, with more to come: Science is (almost) rolling again down here on the ice. After a flurry of true 11th-hour political maneuvering in Washington last night — and, of course, two weeks of anguish, … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going, Life on Station, Science Shutdown

Shutdown, day 16: The view from up north

Posted on October 16, 2013 by JamieOctober 18, 2013

The government shutdown isn’t affecting just U.S. scientists: The Toronto Star has a story out today on how the NSF move to caretaker status is playing out in Canada. Many researchers from other nations depend on USAP infrastructure to collect … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going, Science Shutdown

More sad news today — shutdown’s effects on research

Posted on October 14, 2013 by JamieOctober 18, 2013

More troubling news today from the Chronicle of Higher Education on the shutdown’s wider effects on research in Antarctica. Down here at Palmer, it now seems almost inevitable that most of us will be returning to the U.S. shortly. … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going, Science, Science Shutdown

Indefinite deferral — sad news from Antarctica

Posted on October 13, 2013 by JamieJanuary 8, 2014

I haven’t written much in this space since the Gould pulled into Palmer Station five days ago. On Oct. 8 — the day we arrived — the National Science Foundation announced that it was effectively cancelling all upcoming U.S. research activities … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going, Science, Science Shutdown

Underway, destination Antarctica

Posted on October 8, 2013 by JamieOctober 12, 2013

It felt good to be underway again. After taking in lines late on October 4, we pulled away from the pier in Punta Arenas and began making our way south aboard the Laurence M. Gould. Our four-day transit would first … Continue reading →

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Images from the journey south

Posted on October 8, 2013 by JamieOctober 12, 2013

Images from the journey south; most are from the transit through the Gerlache Strait. See Underway, destination Antarctica for the accompanying blog entry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going

Southbound, part 2: Embarkation

Posted on October 6, 2013 by JamieOctober 11, 2013

Most of the gear had been shipped, and I’d purchased a few extra pairs of long underwear. And after some anticipation, plane tickets in hand, I arrived at the airport in Boston on the morning of October 1. I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming & Going

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