In April 2015, Yubin and I went to Station Nord, Greenland as participants on Leg 1 of the 2015 ASP research campaign at the Villum Research Station. Four other participants from CEOS, as well as several participants from Denmark, were also there at the same time. At 81.6°N, the Villum Research Station is the second northernmost land-based scientific station in the Arctic. It is located at a Danish military base, so we ate all our meals with the six soldiers who were stationed there. It was a nice community, and it was great to get to know everyone. 

Our project centered on ikaite, a calcium carbonate mineral that has recently been discovered in sea ice. Read more....