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Author Archives: Simon Boxall

Ocean Transect

It is traditional on all Cape Farewell cruises that the scientists on board endear themselves with the rest of the crew with the open ocean transect. It’s a chance for everyone to really get a feel for the gentle motion[…..]

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Weather and Ice

Yesterday (Wednesday) Noorderlicht pulled into the Liefdefjord to the North West corner of Svalbard having abandoned the battle to push through between the two main islands.  The first couple of days at the weekend we were hampered by ice.  It[…..]

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Happy Birthday Henry

A short blog today with two personal messages.  Good luck to Emily in her first week of University!  Emily joined us on Cape Farewell 2 as a 13 year old and had the experience of her life.  Working with Artists[…..]

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Live Climate Science from the High Arctic

A look at the Science with Dr Simon Boxall. Continue reading

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Science

The science on this year’s Cape Farewell has been split into two (linked) sections. We want to build on previous visits to Svalbard (2003,04 and 07) by repeating a cross section through the West Spitsbergen current (part of the extension[…..]

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3 years later – returning to Svalbard

Returning to Svalbard after three years hasn’t just been about climate change but also an enormous cultural change. The small chaotic “shed” that was Longyearbyen airport, passengers battling for sight of hoped for suitcases, now replaced by a vast and[…..]

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Dr. Simon Boxall

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton Simon is a lecturer in Oceanography at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and Cape Farewell’s science coordinator. He has monitored ocean environments worldwide in force 11 gales and in complete calm, from the air, space and[…..]

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Moon / Life on the Noorderlicht (according to cartoon)
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Only moon greeting me …
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