High Flying Fun | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA– It was remarkable how many people showed up for the kite contest today. It started as a trickle of people as folks wrapped up what they were working on in the labs and on the drill floor, and before long the heli-deck was packed.

2008 Cape Farewell Expedition Blog » Blog Archive » Us and the first year

As for the slightly more trivial: my desktop has remained a photo from Greenland since the day I returned; my ‘favourite quote’ on Facebook has been permanently changed to the “We are in the midst of wilderness, even curled up with our lovers in bed” that we were shown by Jessica and Genevieve in the first week in Toronto; my bedroom (and soon to be my university residence room) walls are adorned with posters of wind energy and travel and photos of us and photos of polar bears; some of my friendships are on rocky ground due to my shaming people for purchasing a car when they have no need for it.

Surface Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet

With respect to the stability/longevity of the Greenland Ice Sheet, Ettema et al. state that "considerably more mass accumulates on the Greenland Ice Sheet than previously thought, adjusting upwards earlier estimates by as much as 63%," which suggests that the Northern Hemisphere's largest ice sheet may well hang around a whole lot longer than many climate alarmists have been willing to admit.