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Yearly Archives: 2018

Hi dear folks! It seems that time goes on unnoticed, so several months after Valentin started, I think it is time to present myself. I was born in the east of France, in the (objectively) beautiful city of Lyon. Growing up in this city includes a love for good food, […]

Behind the blog : Damien

November 22, 2018 in What's happening? / The Archive by Damien Ringeisen (updated 2057 days ago)

Hello out there! Two and a half weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about why it makes all the difference in the world if there is a pinch of salt in a glass of water or not. So, of course, the logical consequence is to write a blog post […]

Fun with Ice, Take 2/3: Colouring ice cubes from the ...

October 26, 2018 in Science for everyone / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

Hello out there! Last week, a group of school kids visited our institute and I had the honourable task of introducing them to the world of sea ice. To this end, I prepared some experiments with ice cubes. They are really low-level to understand, but still you can explain a […]

Fun with Ice, Take 1/3: The Battle between Salt and ...

October 8, 2018 in Science for everyone / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

You might remember Anouk telling you in her previous post that she and 12 other ArcTrain students are joining the RV Polarstern expedition PS 115.2 as part of the Floating University. Our fellow, normally eagerly writing Damien, is also part of this adventure which is why he hasn’t been writing […]

UPDATE: They are back! Full Story: Floating University – Where ...

September 24, 2018 in General / The Archive by Lina Madaj (updated 2070 days ago)

Polar week, day 4! Today’s motto is ‘Macro-scale’. And what could be more macro-scale than a comparison between the two polar regions? So, here is our Arctic-vs. Antarctic list of #PolarNumbers: 91.5%/7.9% of the Earth’s frozen freshwater resources are stored in the Antarctic/Greenland ice sheet, amounting to 99.4% in total […]

Polar Week: Polar Number Challenge – Take Four

September 20, 2018 in General / Science for everyone / Short stories / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

Polar week, day three. Today APECS challenged us to share our micro-scale Polar Numbers. And since we are an Arctic based research training group our knowledge about Antarctica is on a micro-scale range compared to our knowledge about the Arctic so we decided to change sides today and summarize some #PolarNumbers […]

Polar Week: Polar Number Challenge – Take Three

September 19, 2018 in General / Science for everyone / Short stories / The Archive by Lina Madaj (updated 2070 days ago)

Welcome to part 2 of our humble quest to provide you with our #PolarNumbers! Today, I want to share some Arctic #PolarNumbers with you (and since today’s challenge is percentages, I of course hid some % in our Arctic numbers): 6*10⁶ km²: So much of the Arctic Ocean is covered by […]

Polar Week: Polar Number Challenge – Take Two

September 18, 2018 in Science for everyone / Short stories / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)

Today is the first day of the APECS Polar Week, as you already heard of by Valentin last Friday. And since APECS challenged all of us to share our #PolarNumbers with the world out there, we of course didn’t want to miss this. A Polar Number could be any number […]

Polar Week: Polar Number Challenge – Take One

September 17, 2018 in General / Science for everyone / Short stories / The Archive by Lina Madaj (updated 2070 days ago)

Hello out there! As Arctic sea ice approaches its yearly minimum, the public interest into the Arctic normally approaches its yearly maximum. This is why we want to draw your attention to this opportunity to satisfy your hopefully unsatisfiable hunger for polar knowledge: The APECS International Polar Week from September […]

Polar week coming!

September 14, 2018 in General / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig (updated 2070 days ago)