Category Archives: Bering Sea
deadly sea – rawr
As the scientist standing at the window next to me said a few minutes ago: “They wouldn’t show *this* on Deadliest Catch, would they?” The Bering Sea is absolutely dead calm. It looks like a pond, only flatter. You can … Continue reading
rollin rollin rollin
Here’s how you know you’re on a ship: All the computers are tied down. I don’t think we’ve actually had any boat movement that would be dramatic enough to slide a laptop off a table, but I’m glad they’re tied … Continue reading
onward from the ice
It looks like we’re headed out of the ice for good tonight. We’ve been in and out of the ice for five straight weeks, but now the boat is pointed toward Dutch Harbor. Here’s a picture of our trail: The … Continue reading
shadows on the ice
Here’s another picture from that same day when I sat reading outside the bridge. It was really sunny!
warm in the bering sea
The other day we stopped next to a big piece of ice for a few hours. It was a sunny day, 35 degrees and not particularly windy. The sun was on the side of the ship away from the wind, … Continue reading
cute little birdie!
In Friday’s dispatch there’s going to be an outstanding close-up of a McKay’s bunting taken by a photographer who knows what he’s doing. But why would you wait for that when you could have a picture by me? The McKay’s … Continue reading
important advances in snack food science
I’m sorry, it’s taken me much too long to get to this. After my successful oreo inquiry, I knew had to get to the bottom of the question: how do the shipboard Ritz crackers (prepackaged in pairs, for soup-related usage) … Continue reading
rainbow tour
The ship’s science network, which we can all get onto with our laptops, is full of many useful things. One of the most useful is the map server – you can use it to keep track of where the ship … Continue reading
fame!
More about me! I know, you just can’t get enough! The lovely people over at Smithsonian Magazine wrote a nice little blog post about what Chris the photographer and I are doing out here in the Bering Sea. Well, actually, … Continue reading
ship of noise
Sunday’s post is about the sounds on the ship – each picture links to an associated sound. Chris suggested it because, well, we were stuck. There was no sampling on Sunday. The ship steamed northwest all day to escape a … Continue reading