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Arctic Ruminations

Thoughts, images, wonderings, quests
​with the International Arctic Buoy Programme 
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Poetry and Music of the Arctic

3/26/2022

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It would be wonderful to share a collection of poetry and music of the Arctic, along with books and other artworks.

Let's make this a collective project, so please add any favorites to the comments below. Then I will add them to the Spotify  music playlist,  WorldCat List of books, or Soundcloud Spoken Word list.  

Check out the lists using the links above and enjoy. Also enjoy the poem a dear friend of mine wrote a couple weeks for me in preparation for my expedition.  I invite you to craft a poem of your own to share in the comments below as well. I look forward to seeing and listening to anything you're interested in sharing and thank you for sharing your creativity. 
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Wild Rose Education · Arctic Ruminations - Spoken Word - Poetry of of the Arctic
Engage with IABP AK Spring 22 Deployment Expedition
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  • write in questions and comments at the bottom of journal entries
  • listen to live KWBR radio interview on Friday April 1 at 9:30 am (mountain time)
  • participate in April 5 PolarConnect live stream event at 9:00 am (mountain time)
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Headed North in 10 Days - Engage with the Expedition

3/16/2022

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****Please sign up to receive the journal posts directly  in your email to follow along. This is in addition to Arctic Ruminations. ****
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You must click on this image to sign up for the PolarTREC Journals in your email. This is different than these Arctic Ruminations.
With only about 10 days until blast off, I am starting to pay attention to the Utqiaġvik extended weather forecasts and figuring out exactly what to pack. This week the high temps are around -10 degrees F. Brr...

I want to make sure you see the daily journal posts I am charged with posting on the PolarTREC Arctic science expedition website. These will be different than what I post here on Arctic Ruminations, so you must sign up to receive the journal posts directly  in your email to follow along.

I also invite you and anyone else who may be interested (colleagues, students, children, friends) to engage with my upcoming PolarTREC expedition to the Arctic Ocean. 

Here are some ideas for engaging with this expedition.
  • Anyone can read all the Expedition Virtual Base Camp journal posts (I write them) and start their own journal of learnings and new questions. I will be adding journals more frequently very soon and every day of the expedition. 
  • Everyone is encouraged to write questions in the 'comments' box on the virtual base camp journals (I'm the one who is responding to them, along with answers and information from my science team). 
  • Perhaps you follow along closely then on Tuesday, April 5, get together with folks for the PolarConnect live-stream, and you offer an introduction based on all you've been reading and learning from our Virtual Base Camp.  PolarConnect is at 9am (mountain time UTC-6); register in advance.
  • Old, young, middle aged... all are encouraged to sign up to receive the journal posts directly in their email so they don't miss a beat. 
  • Participate in the NASA GLOBE Observer citizen science challenge from wherever you are on the planet - all the details
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Engage with IABP AK Spring 22 Deployment Expedition
  • "Subscribe to Journals by Email" on PolarTREC virtual basecamp page.
  • Sign up to receive Arctic Ruminations in your inbox
  • write in questions and comments at the bottom of journal entries
  • follow on Instagram @Wild_Rose_Education
  • follow on Facebook @WildRoseEducation
  • follow #ArcticRuminations on other social media channels
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Observing Landscapes Real-Time - Citizen Science and YOU

3/14/2022

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The International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) is responsible for accurate highly precise observations of weather conditions of the atmosphere above the Arctic Ocean as well as the temperature of ocean water and movement of sea ice. The observation data is then used by many other science and research teams to interpret the changing Arctic.
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People who are not formally trained scientists also take observations of the current conditions of the landscape; actually we all do this everyday to help us decide which clothes to wear if it is a warm, wet, cold, or windy day outside. And some folks go beyond that and have rain gauges outside their homes, thermometers on their windows, and wind socks in their gardens among other weather instruments. The IABP buoys our team is placing out on the sea ice are similar, in that they have instruments inside them that measure the current weather and they have the necessary technology tools to send the data out to a satellite to then beam the data down to a master computer here on Earth.

Community and Citizen ScienceMany people around the globe are interested in not only being observers of the places where they are, but also contribute to the collective understanding of how the world works. We call these folks community and citizen scientists.

I was fortunate to participate in an Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) online conference in October 2021: the Community and Citizen Science in the Far North meeting. I learned about so many initiatives happening around the Arctic Circle to not only collect observation data, but to affirm and celebrate the people and culture of who make the observations and share what they are seeing.

In addition to radar, satellite data, and other technologically advanced observation data, the IABP team also relies on citizen science observations from both more formal citizen science projects such as the Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub or AAOKH (most recent observations are on AAOKH facebook page), SIKU, the Indigenous Knowledge Social Network, and Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network; we also ask and listen to the local people of northern Alaska for their daily sea ice observations and any pertinent knowledge to ensure that we are safe while out finding the best places to deploy the buoys.
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Sea Ice Descriptions and Names from SIKU
Citizen Science Challenge for All Readers
In addition to the deployment of weather buoys, I will also be collecting citizen science data for the NASA GLOBE Observer program and I invite you to do the same from wherever you are on the planet in the next three weeks (and into the future).

All you need is a smartphone and an email address to set up the GLOBE Observer app. Then you can easily learn how to make Cloud and Landcover observations through the app. I have all the instructions clearly explained here. It is important that you join the Wild Rose Education 2022 Arctic (and beyond) observation team so we can see where in the world everyone is making observations.

Let's Have a Contest!
Let's see who can make the most observations with the GLOBE Observer app from now until April 10, 2022. Then whomever has the most observations will win a small prize. You will need to make sure you read the daily PolarTREC journal posts (get them in your email) for instructions on how to let us know how many observations you've made over the next three weeks to be a winner.

Bonus Points
In the 'field notes' section of each observation include any other observations you can make such as temperature (if you have a thermometer), snow depth (need a ruler or yard stick), inches of rain fall (if you have rain gauge), barometric pressure (if you have a barometer), as well as any other observations you can measure.
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GLOBE Visualization System map https://vis.globe.gov/GLOBE/
You will be able to see the observations I make in the Arctic (northern most point of Alaska) on the GLOBE Visualization System map. It does not appear that many GLOBE Observer Clouds or Landcover data have been submitted from the North Slope of Alaska, so my observations will be very useful to the NASA scientists. Also, I will be watching your observations come in through our group team map as well.
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Please comment below if you plan to participate and in which region or area of the planet you will be observing. I really look forward to seeing your participation!
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  • write in questions and comments at the bottom of journal entries
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