Notes from the Field

March 10, 2011 LCDR John Woods is a Meteorology and Oceanography Officer (METOC) currently teaching in the Oceanography Department at the United States Naval Academy (USNA).  He is part of the Sea Ice Thickness Observation team joined NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission in the field for the Arctic 2011 campaign. (OIB 2011). Most midshipmen at USNA […]

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Karsnoyarsk       56.2° N 92.5°E   9:10 p.m. Local Siberia; 9:10 a.m. next day EST High 69F   Low 42F    Rain We are back to where we started – in comfortable rooms at the Hotel for Scientists in Krasnoyarsk.   We drove through the night and arrived here about 6:15 this morning.  Even at that early hour, we were graciously greeted us and […]

Marinsk,   56.22 N   87.75 E 12:00 midnight Local Siberia; 12:00 Noon next day EST High 74 F   Low 69 F    Rain Today has been one long day of travel – and our day is not over yet. I’m calling from a little café in Marinsk, which is a town about 200 km east of Tomsk. […]

Two NASA Earth scientists have traded in their air-conditioned offices for the uncomfortably arid fields of central Turkey. Toiling nine or more hours per day, seven days a week, they walk up to 10 miles a day searching ancient Turkey archaeological grounds for bone fragments, pottery and tombs. But they aren’t using shovels, picks, and […]

Tomsk Oblast  58.55 N   85.68 E  11:00 p.m. Local Siberia;  11:00 a.m. next day EST  High  79 F   Low 62 F   Clear   We’ve been on the move today.  Last night we looked at our data, and realized that we are done with last night’s site.  We still need a day’s worth of different data, so that’s what […]

Stepanova, Siberia   58.67 N 86.76 E 11:05 pm Siberia local; 12:05 pm next day EST High 74 F       Low 52 F          Scattered Rain Once again I’ve had to spend a day in camp.  I have gotten so frustrated and disgusted with being sick, that I’ve gone to the medical kit and started taking amoxicillin.  I’ve […]

Stepanova, Siberia   58.67 N 86.76 E 10:35 pm Siberia local; 11:35 pm next day EST High 74 F     Low 52 F    Scattered rain It has been another day in camp for me.  I am feelin a little better, but my head is still stopped up and that makes it hard to exert myself.   I don’t […]

Stepanova, Siberia   58.67 N 86.76 E 10:35 pm Siberia local; 11:35 pm next day EST High: 58 F     Low: 47 F   Scattered rain This has been a hard day for me.   I have been a little sick with a cold for several days, but today I am just exhausted, with no energy at all.  I had […]