New Blog Series: "A Year Ago Today: NABOS 2009"

To celebrate the launch of the new website I have planned out a series of blogs documenting where I was and what I was up to "A Year Ago Today".

For approximately 3 weeks last summer I was lucky to be given the opportunity to assist with oceanographic measurements during the 2009 NABOS cruise. During this time internet connection was extremely limited due to our remote location, the Arctic Ocean. I did keep an abbreviated blog for my home institution (the International Arctic Research Center aka IARC), but I decided now would be a great opportunity to expand it!

I hope you will join me on this journey as I look back on 3 of the most exhilarating, scary, and inspiring weeks of my life. I'll take you along with photos, stories, and videos. Feel free to send me messages or questions about life on the icebreaker or polar science in general!

Happy Reading!

Launch of New Website!

Hello Everyone and welcome to Polar-Gal.com!

This website/blog started with notes jotted down on the edge of my research notebook, and over the past few months I have been brainstorming things to include. I'm nearing the completion of my Master's Degree in Atmospheric Science with a focus on Air-Sea Interactions, and as I consider my next career move I wanted to expand upon the education and outreach aspect of science.

I feel that one of the largest concerns among the scientific community is how effectively we can communicate our science. So many scientists out there are hard at work completing cutting-edge science and are already stretched thin with their own workloads, so outreach may be a secondary goal. It is my hope that I can try to bridge a small portion of this gap through this website, with a focus specifically on polar science issues.

Thanks for joining me here, and I hope you stop by again soon!