Posts tagged with ‘arctic’ (35)
Posted by Christina Miceli on Friday, August 27, 2010
The helicopter that dropped us off Credit: Christina Miceli
Today we arrived in Atlin, British Columbia, a small community with a population of approximately 450. We have been asked to come in and set up some weather monitoring stations in order to get an idea of the impact global climate change ...
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Posted by Samia Madwar on Thursday, August 19, 2010
Credit: Anthony Jinman
Explorer Antony Jinman says the question threw him off when he first heard it a few months ago. It is one of the most interesting questions he's ever gotten about his trips to Baffin Island and the North Pole.
This month, Jinman is leading a group of graduate students to ...
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Posted by Christina Miceli on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
We are several days into setting up of my research sites. So far there have been no major setbacks. The steps to preparing a site to monitor the permafrost are starting to become second nature to me.
When we arrive at a location that has been pre-selected for research along the Alaska Highway, ...
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Posted by Christina Miceli on Sunday, August 08, 2010
Well, I have finally arrived! After weeks of prepping and nervousness the plane finally touched down in Whitehorse today. I met Dr. Lewkowicz and Max Dugay in Vancouver, since they departed from Ottawa and I left from Toronto. After speaking with them for about an hour I knew that we would have no ...
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Posted by Jessica Bell on Thursday, July 08, 2010
Though we may not be made of sugar, there’s reason to be afraid of the heat, especially since temperatures across Canada aren’t going to cool down anytime soon.
The National Geographic clip above shows just how drastic a heat wave can become and what our world would be like if global temperatures ...
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