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Topic: 22 June 2004 - My Last Journal Entry From the Field
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:53 pm   Subject: 22 June 2004 - My Last Journal Entry From the Field
June 22, 2004 Tuesday

This is my last journal entry from the field. Forty days have come and gone, and I have learned far more than I could ever have imagined. I take with me a new appreciation for ...
Topic: 20 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:51 pm   Subject: 20 June 2004
June 20, 2004 Sunday
4:00 PM Alaska time

Data is a scientist's lifeblood and computer experts, Dale Chayes, Steve Roberts, and MST1 El McFadden, keep it flowing on the Healy. Whenever and whereve ...
Topic: 19 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 15002

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:49 pm   Subject: 19 June 2004
June 19, 2004 Saturday
9:00 PM Alaska time

Saturday night is morale night on the Healy. The cooking staff works long, hard hours throughout the week, so there is something a little different for ...
Topic: 18 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:42 pm   Subject: 18 June 2004
June 18, 2004 Friday
10:30 PM Alaska time

When we arrive on station, a schedule is put on a large white board in the main lab. It is affectionately called the "Board of Lies." The chief scientist ...
Topic: 17 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 15104

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:39 pm   Subject: 17 June 2004
June 17, 2004 Thursday
7:00 PM Alaska time

Seven Coast Guard members are assigned specifically to assist the science party. They are called Marine Science Technicians (MST). They are available to ...
Topic: 16 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 15214

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:33 pm   Subject: 16 June 2004
June 16, 2004 Wednesday
9:30 PM Alaska time

Everyday on the Healy is a good day, but some days are exceptional. It started early this morning with Rolf Gradinger recruiting volunteers to go out w ...
Topic: 15 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:20 pm   Subject: 15 June 2004
June 15, 2004 Tuesday
6:30 PM Alaska time

In the past, scientists would do stomach analysis for predator/prey interaction information, i.e. the food web. Today, scientists use isotope signatures. ...
Topic: 14 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:18 pm   Subject: 14 June 2004
June 14, 2004
Monday 4:00 PM Alaska time

The eight-person service team provides reference water-quality data for all SBI scientists to use. Six of the scientists are from the University of Califo ...
Topic: jpeg
Patty_Cie

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PostForum: Ask Craig - the Graduate Student   Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:11 pm   Subject: jpeg
Hi Cheryl,
I am the teacher onboard the Healy for the spring cruise. Yes, use the photos. Please include a credit line indicating the program was funded by Ken Dunton, University of Texas Marine Sc ...
Topic: 13 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 15058

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:56 pm   Subject: 13 June 2004
June 13, 2004 Sunday
10:00 PM Alaska time

As phytoplankton dies, it decays and sinks. Uneaten pieces of animal carcasses also decay and sink. Some of the sinking mass reaches the ocean floor and i ...
Topic: 12 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 14893

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:53 pm   Subject: 12 June 2004
June 12, 2004 Saturday
4:00 PM Alaska time

Earlier this week a sign-up sheet was posted in the main lab to attend a guided tour of the Healy’s engine rooms. After listening and feeling the rumble ...
Topic: 11 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 14721

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:47 pm   Subject: 11 June 2004
June 11, 2004, Friday
6:00 AM Alaska time

I have been sitting here this morning, recalling my conversation with University of Tennessee (UT) research professors, Jackie Grebmeier and Lee Cooper fo ...
Topic: 10 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 14507

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:29 pm   Subject: 10 June 2004
June 10, 2004 Thursday
1:00 PM Alaska time

We held a second, half-hour teleconference this morning at 7:30 AM ship time. Instead of a conversation with just my own students, TREC provided technolo ...
Topic: 09 June 2004
Patty_Cie

Replies: 0
Views: 14864

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:29 pm   Subject: 09 June 2004
June 9, 2004 Wednesday
9:00 PM Alaska time

We are in the Beaufort Sea, east of Barrow, AK. I never imagined ice could have so many different appearances. The floe I walked on June 4th was rather ...
Topic: 08 June 2004
Patty_Cie

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Views: 13028

PostForum: Teacher's Journal   Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:29 pm   Subject: 08 June 2004
June 8, 2004 Tuesday
4:30 PM Alaska time

One of the fundamental questions of the Shelf Basin Interaction (SBI) project asks, “Is excess organic carbon produced on the biologically rich Arctic shel ...
 

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