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lol don’t get your hopes up toooo high! Telling stories is a little easier than going over a lesson plan so I’ll see about trying to put together a story from the Arctic that could serve as a good segue to a second video on a lesson plan. Mayyyybe I’ll be able to get that story together for the end of the month/beginning of May 🤔

Thank you! It’s just tough to know how to balance time, and limited views here makes me think my time is better spent elsewhere, unfortunately. Maybe I just need to focus on a style of video that works for me, and then put those out less frequently. Quality not quantity 💯

lol maybe cause it was in port/they were working on it? That’s the only coast guard vessel I’ve been on (twice) and both times it didn’t stand out as being the cleanest ship, but I was always happy just to be going out to sea!

Very interesting a lot of great info there! Yeah no matter what winters will tend to be cold and water will freeze, but it may end up being more coverage from first year ice rather than multi year ice, suggest eating that coverage may not change much but the “quality” of that coverage may change. Ice-free summers seem likely happen, but we may just be at a state of equilibrium between the amount of ice that forms each year and just the right amount of melt each year balancing to get the summer extent trend to flatten. Definitely not as simple as just connecting the dots and I do suspect the minimum won’t go to zero as quick as we might suspect. Very ineteresting!!!

Thank you for saying that and happy new year to you as well! I’ll try to have an update out in a week to suggest some ideas for the channel that I should be able to sustain in the new year. The comments have been such a rewarding part of this channel! It’d be nice to figure out a way to create content periodically 🤔

Since I hadn’t been getting many views on them and the channel hasn’t been growing much, I wasn’t planning on putting out much more material, but if there is demand for it I will. Perhaps a monthly livestream would be useful? I have a video that I recorded in January coming out on Dec 31 as a note to myself, and I will respond to that in the new year. Perhaps it’d be good to do that as a livestream, or to take requests for the types of content that I should produce in the new year. If livestreams are helpful and are viewed I should be able to do them periodically. Perhaps setting a schedule would be good 🤔

I plan on joining for sure

That’s awesome! I’m sure you’ll have a better time than me experiencing the culture, since I was fairly restricted at the time. I think of the days wandering around Nuuk and am so grateful that I got to experience it. Such a wonderful, unique place 😊

This comment made my day! Thank you so much!! Glad these little lessons on how different parts of the earth system works are useful and BETTER than what is provided by university 😊😊😊

For sure! Imagine having your cabin right above the props! 😳 It was rough sleeping when the ship was breaking ice. I’m a little rusty on the thickness but I’ll rewatch that other video and give an estimate, but I think 1-3 meters. Most probably on the 1 m side

I’d say that was probably around 1 meter thick on average, but where there were ridges maybe 2 m. It’s a trip watching this after so many years! Hard to believe I wrote that music 😂 and that making these videos kept me sane during the pandemic. Very grateful 🙏

Awesome! John was a real joy to work with - he always had the best sense of humor and was so excited to make these!

He refers to stairs as ladders later on in the video

I probably referred to them as stairs since those who don’t sail may not be aware that they are ladders. Also, I’m not much of a sailor! 😂 Just got fortunate to go out to sea a handful of times:)

Unfortunately the only USCG vessel I’ve been on is Healy. I have been on Sweden’s RIB Oden and USAP’s Nathaniel B. Palmer a couple times. Do have a quick tour video of Oden but wasn’t documenting much when I was on NBP last in 2013. Cassandra Brooks did a great time lapse of that expedition, which you should be able to find on here.

Just for your fun look up storis history was Navy to USCG W38 she was an Ice breaker of old. Enjoy your report on the Healy @@MargoLAB

@raymondeargle8653 "The Galloping Ghost of the Alaskan Coast" - pretty cool! Crazy that Storis was in service for over 64 years! 🤯 Beginning with service in WWII doing ice patrol around Greenland. Thanks for the suggestion! Glad you enjoyed my tour - good times at sea but glad to be on land these days:)

Thanks for the comment and kind words! It’s nice to know the newer “how the X works” are helpful, as the older ones get most of the views. Will have to get some new ones out before the start of the spring semester! Have a great weekend! 🎃

I’m not too familiar with the cranes or their operation but I know they’d bring a number of them to the ship, since it only has a few cranes with limited capability.

@MargoLAB actually I just revisited the beginning because I just couldn't find the logic, Well I found the logic 😂 my eyes were deceiving me, the line is to the boat. 😂 I just missed it, I scratched my head for quite some time about that, it looks like it hooks to the tip of the crane, but my depth perception was off, 😂😂😂 Happens to the best of us. Cool boat btw,,,

Sounds like you know waayyyy more about cranes than I do! Glad you enjoyed the video and we’re able to address the question you had cause I couldn’t 😅😂

Hey what’s up! Thanks for joining!

I doubt we’ll get an ice free summer next year but could see the minimum being <1 million square km, which would be pretty remarkable. If that is the case and it *does* appear there has been a “regime shift” over the next couple years, I’d guess that ice free summers could be a reality by/before 2030! Pretty crazy to be witnessing this! Glad to be covering it, making the info more accessible and very grateful for the engagement 🙏

I just checked the Antarctic extent (for Sep 30) and it looks like it has started going up again! If short-lived, beginning the downtrend this early/this low could really trigger a positive feedback loop (the melting snowball effect?)… I am very curious to see if we get surprised with a delayed maximum 🤔 Will be interesting to see the NSIDC’s next analysis report! Thanks for the engagement!!

Yes, I see that now too. Hopefully, things turn around (:

I hope so too! Either way I’ll probably be covering it as this seems to be a great way to connect on the extent. 5-min cut of this video will be out tonight, so hopefully even more accessible! :)

Measured via satellite! The satellite record began in 1979 so that is as far back as the reference goes for this article. One of the oldest records referenced is actually from 1986, which was the prior lowest maximum - surprised it was more than 30 years ago! Will be interesting to see what it looks like next year 🤔 Thanks for the engagement!

Additionally, ice samples from deep into ice caps and glaciers provide a lot of information regarding past climates.

💯 Ice cores contain very small bubbles that capture ancient atmosphere, so we have been able to measure not only CO2 concentrations going back thousands of years, but also oxygen isotopes, which are a proxy for temperature (and therefore indirectly ice extent). Isotopes are such a fascinating tool for understanding the earth/climate system!!

Tbh idk that I could do it in a few sentences, as there are so many that are so varied! I could describe them as dynamic, fluid, impressive… I want to say resilient but they do have their thresholds 🤔 Perhaps I would say ubiquitous? If you take a scoop of seawater in your hand, you are scooping up life! Microscopic organisms are everywhere in the ocean, so in that sense I would say there there are “ecosystems” everywhere in the ocean. Quite a magical place! Hopefully that’s somewhat along the lines of what you were looking for:)

Yes indeed

You commented on the live/uncut version. I’ll tag you so you can find it easier!

Will any of what make a difference? The videos or the analysis? Either way hopefully they improve understanding, and then yeah I’d say it makes a difference! As far as a difference in the outcome? Probably not, but good to keep the chin up! There is always hope!

@Hammie0141 hopefully this helps you find it! Sorry if you didn’t see my response without the tag!

For sure! I only wish we had taken the southern route so we would have passed over the wreckage… such an amazing and tragic expedition!

No problem! The comments make it so worthwhile! Looking forward to seeing how the channel grows this fall 🤩

Glad you enjoy! I recently realized that the NSIDC analysis reports are low hanging fruit for me to make their work more accessible, so I’m gonna try and make a new video every time they release one! I had wanted to do some Hillary coverage but was on vacation and didn’t realize it caused a heatwave - I’ll have to do some coverage of global temperatures and heatwaves soon 👍 Tbh, I imagine that we have already crossed a tipping point but due to dealing with processes that occur on a geologic timescale (or at least longer than a human timescale) I suspect we won’t see the climate system’s full response for some time. I’ve come to appreciating that there is some hope, and that we should focus on solutions rather than all of the problems, but time won’t always be on our side... Anyway, it’s a very interesting system and time to be alive! I’m glad you appreciate the content!

Glad you enjoyed! And thanks for the suggestions of other topics to cover! It is easy to jump to conclusions with such an odd year, since the media tends to do that for clicks and/or to fit the narrative, it will be interesting to see how the year unfolds into 2024. I look forward to doing more “current climate events” coverage moving forward :)

Thanks for the feedback and subscribe! I’ve been experimenting with that this year and you’re the first person to comment on it. I thought it would help with clicks but always felt it was a little cringe… I’ll probably remove/stop doing if it doesn’t make the channel feel more personable 👍

@@MargoLAB I understand. I've taken a brief look at your channel and there are many interesting videos that would definitely appeal to a larger international audience. I look forward to watching them all. Just keep on sharing your expertise and people will notice. No need to cater to a specific demographic, people who are interested in science stuff will come regardless of age!

That is exactly my thought process! Slowly but surely the channel will grow - I just have to keep working on it! Comments like these make it worth it! 😊

From the sea ice extent graph, currently it’s around 15 million km^2 and the average (expected) is 17.5, so the difference of 2.5 is around 14% less sea ice. Yeah the max in 2014 is surprising, but that is testament to how dynamic the system is. It is possible that 2023 will end up being another max/high year but we’ll have to wait for Oct to see! I am very curious to see what 2024 looks like, and I am compelled by the “triple La Niña” but maybe something else has changed… very interesting!

Glad you enjoyed! I am working on a video on going to the North Pole in 2015 that should be out sometime this summer, so stay tuned! Should be great!

This is awesome

@Kakoa102 Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! 😊😊

Thank you! It’s a lot of work and I’m glad it’s paying off 😊

Thank you! Yes, I have slowly been making upgrades and the mic is next on the list. I appreciate the feedback as I know sound quality is very important (and apparently lacking). Good to know and glad everything else is enjoyable!

Yes, a better mic is on the order list! Thank you for your kind words - it’s a lot of work but comments like this make it worth it :)