by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
In my first blog from RV Mirai during the 2014 voyage I wrote of the primary mission: the coordinated collection of meteorological observations from an international fleet of Arctic research ships and a number of Arctic shore observation stations. We are now well...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
Though RV Mirai is presently working an ice-free area of the Chukchi Sea, an area selected for just that reason, it is readily apparent that all around us ice continues to be a challenge to Arctic shipping. In the central Canadian Arctic the Northwest Passage has...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
In this modern world of instant communications, cloud computing and Google answers to any question within a second, we find ourselves almost lost when part of the network fails us. We take for granted the ability to connect, to converse, to problem solve, to be aware...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
We had only just begun our research in the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea Wednesday when word came up from the Chief Scientist that one of the researchers was suffering severe lower back pain. After consultations it was decided that we should divert from...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
Japanese research vessel RV Mirai departed Dutch Harbor northbound for her annual Arctic research mission 31 September. I am onboard once again as Ice Navigator to provide Captain Kan Matsuura and Chief Scientist Jun Inoue support in operating in and near...
by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
I am in Dutch Harbor, AK as I write this, awaiting arrival of the research ship RV Mirai to board as Ice Navigator for another voyage of research in the Arctic Ocean. We will depart for the Chukchi Sea the morning of the 31st of October on a mission primarily...
