Category Archives: MOSAiC

PhD student Emelia Chamberlain sends the following dispatch from Polarstern. After 64 days at sea, the RV Polarstern and icy surroundings have officially started to feel like home. I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed, but here we … Continue reading →

I was fortunate to have the chance to talk about some of our experiences on MOSAiC Leg 3 with Paul Vogelzang, host of the Smithsonian’s Not Old-Better podcast. The full interview can be found here:

PhD student Emelia Chamberlain sends the following dispatch from Polarstern. Operating an international expedition in the remote central Arctic would always be a logistically taxing endeavor. Operating an international expedition in the remote central Arctic during a global pandemic is … Continue reading →

Where to begin… I started writing this post several days ago on a nearly empty plane flying from Charlotte, N.C. to San Diego. That flight marked the end of MOSAiC Leg 3 for me, though Leg 3 will continue for … Continue reading →

Many thank to atmospheric chemist extraordinaire Jessie Creamean for participating in our NSF project on MOSAiC Leg 1. Jessie’s participation allowed us to have a physical presence during the critical setup phase and freeze in. Her participation was a double … Continue reading →

From the tropics to the Arctic… I spent last week in Tromsø , Norway helping prepare the German icebreaker Polarstern for the MOSAiC year-long polar drift expedition. As I’ve written in past posts, I’ve been waiting for this moment since … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago I was fortunate to have the opportunity to give a lecture at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps in the Perspectives on Ocean Science lecture series. The lecture covered some emerging topics in Arctic Oceanography and … Continue reading →

Hello! My name is Emelia Chamberlain and I am a first year PhD student here in the Bowman Lab working on the MOSAiC project. I just got back from a very exciting week in Utqiagvik Alaska for MOSAiC snow and … Continue reading →