KenMankoff

Sea Ice Concentration

If you’d like to know how much ice we’re breaking to get to the Pine Island Glacier (PIG), the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has a daily sea ice concentration map here:

http://www.nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/s_conc_daily.html

Where is the Pine Island Glacier? Around 75 South and 100 West. That is around 8 to 8:30 PM on the map above, right where there is the dip in toward the pole when moving counter clockwise.

Iceberg

I’m still in New York, testing some equipment. This image was uploaded via satellite phone-as-modem. I’m not sure how long it will take to upload this. I’m timing it, and will add the results in the comments section of this post. If it is reasonably quick I’ll be posting lots of photos (of this size and quality) during the trip. Otherwise just some text…
 
This picture came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg