Formerly an enthusiastic and hopeful biological oceanographer who worked in the Antarctic, alternately wearing labcoats or extreme weather clothing and hard hats. Has long since swapped survival suits for dress suits and does science management for a living.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Let’s do this together
One of the things about polar research – in the Arctic and the Antarctic – I’ve always found interesting and just plain cool is that it’s pretty international. These environments are remote and harsh enough, and operations and logistics are … Continue reading
No Sir, she is not a bullshit artist
So, as promised, here’s more about this gutsy lady: Her name is Adeline Coyac (Addie), and I’ll let her tell you about what drives her in her own words: “I started diving when I was 15 years old. At first, … Continue reading
Posted in Antarctic stuff, career, Women in science
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Teaser
There’s a post I really have to spend some time on… I promise I’ll get to that this coming week. In that post, I’ll tell you who the crazy gutsy person is in this picture: Yes… that’s ice. Apart from … Continue reading
Posted in Antarctic stuff, Women in science
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Sometimes, really big is just big enough
There’s a new, big building site in my hometown of Hamburg, Germany: the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, or European XFEL, a mega science facility funded by 16 European countries to be commissioned in 2014. Actually, it’s three building sites, two … Continue reading
I am knot dumb.
Really, I am. As I mentioned, my husband is currently setting up a cruise on the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, off to chase icebergs (part III of the project). Since I’ve been quite involved with that project in my former … Continue reading
Posted in Silliness
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