Daily Journals

We hope to be able to post journals and photos daily during the expedition, weather permitting. The only internet access during the voyage will be via a satellite phone, which can be unreliable in poor weather conditions.

August 18 - North Carolina to Norway

August 19 - Sør-Varanger Museum

August 20 - Norwegian Ant Dance & Santaland Fugitives

August 21 - All Aboard!

August 22 - Safety First

August 23 - Novaya Zemlya

August 24 - Sea Ice

August 25 - Polar Bear

August 26 - First Research Station

August 27 - Interview with Jean-Claude Gascard

August 28 - Recovery and Deployment

August 29 - On the Ice

August 30 - Second Ice Station

August 31 - All You Ever Wanted to Know about Polar Ice

September 1 - Life aboard the Kapitan Dranitsyn

September 2 - Interview with Timo Palo

September 3 - Early Polar Explorations

September 4 - Tara

September 5 - Arctic Light

September 6 - Seals

September 7 - Weather

September 8 - Sundogs and Icebergs

September 9 - Polar Bear Cubs

September 10 - International Polar Year

September 11 - Walrus

September 12 - Arctic Birds

September 13 - Global Warming Panel Discussion

Final Journal - Final Thoughts

Related Web sites
  • Journals from the IARC-UAF Arctic Expedition for K–12 Teachers
  • Journals from the Tara Expedition