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After 35 unforgettable days at sea, the i2B expedition has come to an end. The team retrieved nearly 250 meters of sediment cores from key sites across the #Arctic Ocean — records that will help unravel the story of past warm climates. 🔗 Read chief scientist Jochen Knies’ reflection: arcg.is/0favaf0

On polar geoengineering...⚒️🧊 "None of these geoengineering ideas pass scrutiny regarding their use in the coming decades. Instead, we find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous." The study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Did the midnight ☀️ bleach into the sub-surface of rocks in the Arctic? Following our OSL dating of cobbles from moraines in the Tibetan Plateau (doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...) we are applying this technique to moraines in the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsfjellan / Ittuvárit), Troms, Arctic Norway @rhewlif.xyz 🏔️❄️🌈🌞

🚢 4 weeks at sea, 6,400 samples, and a record-breaking 22 m core ❄️🌊 The i2B team is piecing together the Arctic’s climate history, sample by sample — day and night. 🔗 Read co-chief scientist Stijn De Schepper’s update: arcg.is/0favaf0 📸 Tim Kalvelage @bjerknes.uib.no

🚨 A small break from cruise updates to say that: We’re hiring! i2B is looking for a Postdoc in Arctic Marine Geology and Marine Geophysics. Find out more about the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share with your networks 😊

When was that moraine created?? Luminescence ages from the sub-surface of cobbles, collected from moraines in the Konglongluo Valley, Tibetan Plateau, agree with external age control! Do get in touch if interested in this new moraine-dating technique!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚢🔎 From hidden channels to towering seamounts, the i2B expedition is uncovering the Arctic seafloor in remarkable new detail. Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz : 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0

We dropped in on Santa Claus at the north pole this week to get our wish lists in early! To celebrate reaching 90N - the first time unaided for the Kronprins Haakon - we had ourselves a BBQ followed by a football match on the ice.

Straight from the North Pole! See the great pics by @rhewlif.xyz, who is now sailing on board the icebreaker vessel Kronprins Haakon. The story of how researchers grappled with 'unsettling' feelings three decades after their first visit to the northernmost point on Earth. Plus 📷 of a polar bear.

'Polhavet 2050' was announced this week by the Norwegian government. 1 billion NOK (€85m) and 18 institutions to focus on Arctic Ocean research over 10 years.

❄️ One week at sea, and life aboard R/V Kronprins Haakon has settled into a rhythm of 24/7 science. Six long sediment cores, countless samples — and our first real test in the Arctic sea ice. 🚢 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0 @paleodyn.bsky.social

🦇 Ping… ping… ping… just like a bat in the night, our ship uses sound to “see” beneath the Arctic seafloor. These echoes guide us to the best coring sites and help us avoid hidden obstacles — each profile a map to sediments laid down during ancient ice ages. ❄️🌊 🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0 @rhewlif.xyz

An exciting expedition awaits! Our home for the next 5 weeks as we head into the frozen Arctic Ocean to collect new palaeo archives.

"Maybe they should enjoy nature instead of being confused" In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes. First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻

Interesting reading...'Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago' doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Is the #AMOC nearing collapse? In February, I joined researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no on the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to the Greenland Sea. My text and images about their encounters during #Arctic winter and the future of the AMOC: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @frontiersmedia.bsky.social

🌍 i2B at the final PalaeoArc Conference ❄️ Last week in Tromsø, i2B team members joined the 6th & final #PalaeoArc — sharing Arctic science through talks and posters, and helping organise too! Great science + great people = fantastic conference! 👏 More info: site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025/

Mercator produced the first map solely dedicated to the Arctic regions, posthumously published in 1595. While a product of its time, the Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio is laden with features now known to be entirely mythical or significantly misrepresented. A 🧵

Still a lot of snow across northern Norway - good for spotting the locations of old ice streams 😀

My dear fellow researchers in #America and elsewhere! If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Research Council of Finland is preparing a large funding call to cover the period from 2026 to 2030. www.aka.fi/en/about-us/... #science #phd

"Here in #Norway we can't say to tourists that you're not welcome. #Tourism is an industry that has become very important", Gaute Svensson, Associate Professor at the UiT Business School told the Barents Observer. Photo-report. #Arctic #Tromsø

The PalaeoArc 2025 conference is now offering a limited number of travel grants to ECRs. Register and submit your abstract before the extended deadline of April 22nd!

Exciting new position is now open! Come and work with i2B 🤩

🥇 NEW TROMSØ SNOW RECORD 🌨️ The total snowfall of 205 cm so far this month in Tromsø is a new monthly record for March. It breaks the previous record of 179 cm set in 2023. With still a few days left to go the record could still reach higher 📈

📣 Registration has just opened for the 6th (and final) PalaeoArc conference in Tromsø, Norway. Low fees, and a fantastic opportunity for PhD/MSc/BSc students with accomodation, dinner and excursion also included. site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025 Be quick, registration closes April 15th! ⚒️

The eyes of a man found after more than two years alone with his comrade in the remotest parts of Greenland. His rescue brought news to the world that a major map myth had been finally busted. Read the story full of tragedies and perseverance on our blog: myths.rhewlif.xyz/blog/peary-c...

The 2025 NORDQUA excursion will visit Gdańsk, Poland, 17-19 Sept. Three full days will cover the origin and evolution of glacial landforms, sediments and lakes, as well as processes of past and present coastal hazards in the Baltic coast. Sign up by the end of April! forms.gle/vZ4ECaVMxpfy... ⚒️

Fascinating images from these 17th-century graves on Svalbard, now under threat.

More than a century before the giants of Antarctic exploration had stepped foot on the frozen continent, a pioneering French geographer produced a map that cannily foreshadowed its discovery. Read more in this latest long-read post... myths.rhewlif.xyz/blog/mer-gla...

I made a short cameo in this new video from @media.elizaveta.no about climate change in the Arctic. Freya Sykes is the natural star though, alongside some epic drone shots from Greenland and northern Norway 😍

🧪❄️⚒️ new study about the world’s glaciers - TLDR is that they’re losing a lot of mass

Moscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'

Norwegian coastal waters are getting warmer. Data collected over the past 90 years shows that temperatures are up to 2°C higher. #climatechange

While filming anti-government protests in #Belarus in August-September 2020, I was detained, sprayed with gas and threatened by local police, but I still managed to film the brutality of the regime that is having "elections" again today.

"And a name that has been on the map for 456 years has better odds than most of making it through."

Yesterday's Danish #greenland ice sheet seminar finished with a screening of this spectacular film about new findings from the Camp Century ice core. The memory of darkness light and ice is absolutely outstanding. And if you get a chance, a must watch. https://youtu.be/ukf54a6ZRW0

A newly revised bathymetry dataset for #Antarctica reveals previously unknown troughs and a greater vulnerability of the Antarctic grounding line to warm waters. "The new product will allow for improvements in future in the modeling of ice-ocean interactions in Antarctica" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A fascinating story of how a lost island once panicked astronomers. In 1932, the United States found that one of its claimed islands in the Pacific was missing. Meanwhile, huge hopes were laid on finding it again. What happened? 🧵

The record-low Arctic sea-ice extent put in a spatial context. Ice is missing especially in the Atlantic side.

A great opportunity at a fantastic department - Assistant Professor in Physical Geography @geogdurham.bsky.social. We are looking for candidates with expertise in ice sheets and glaciers that will complement and extend our current work. Closing date 12th January.❄️⚒️🧪 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

We have won an award! www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/barents...

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!

"2023-24 was the 28th year in a row where the Greenland ice sheet has lost mass overall" This is a nice summary of how the #Greenland ice sheet fared during 2024

Norway's plans to open mining on the Arctic seabed have been stopped...for now.

This is good fun 😅, h/t @muschelschloss.bsky.social

Why do compasses point north? According to the ancient Greek geographer, Ptolemy, a very large magnetic rock at the pole was the answer. This idea survived through to the 16th century, with 'Rupes Nigra' appearing on the very first map dedicated to the Arctic. 📖 myths.rhewlif.xyz#Rupes%20Nigra

🌊 The Arctic's past gives us a glimpse into our future! We’re excited to launch i2B - Into the Blue! This ERC-funded project will be diving deep into history to understand the impacts of an ice-free ‘Blue’ Arctic on our planet’s climate, ecosystems, and societies in the years to come. Stay tuned!

Here in Kirkenes the sun set today for the last time this year. See you again in January! 🌄

Please see the starter pack of journalists and researchers I've created! Feel free to suggest new interesting people! I hope it will help us to communicate more and stay in touch. go.bsky.app/UMddmbL