After the jump

Keep calm. Keep breathing. Keep breathing calmly. Cold, heavy feet are dragging me down, but if I panic, that’s it. Focus. Focussed strength in arms and core. Drag yourself out of the water.… Continue reading →

Six weeks in darkness

Routine is what keeps you going. Without routine you lose track of time. Everyone has at some point realised they have lost track of time: sitting in a café with a friend, reading… Continue reading →

Arrival in Svalbard

I have decided to create a youtube channel (3A – AMT’s Arctic Adventure) on which I will be posting some videos. I won’t say regularly. That’s too strong a word. I wouldn’t want… Continue reading →

Stream of European Consciousness

Born in the UK. Raised as an Austrian. I’ve called London, Vienna, Moscow, Geneva, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Troutbeck my home. I was brought up bilingually, and taught French and Russian at school. I… Continue reading →

Arctic Citizen – or the Return to Svalbard

It’s done. I’ve signed the contract. I’m all set to kickoff the next chapter of my life in November: I am heading out to Longyearbyen to start a job at UNIS as a… Continue reading →

One year a climate scientist

I have never known what to call myself. I am a physicist, a polar scientist, a permafrost scientist and a remote sensing scientist. For a while now I have felt I could even… Continue reading →

Several shades of green

Our mission: To measure the spectral signatures of Arctic plants.

Watch this space!

Heading out to Arctic Russia in 5 days time. More adventure narrative to follow. So watch this space!  

Hello World

As always I’m inundated with work, finishing off this PhD, searching for ways to stay in academia and therefore seemingly unable to post on a regular basis. Business as usual, once I have… Continue reading →

Writing about Nature

Oh my God, it has been far too long! Caught up in the midst of my PhD write-up, I have neglected my blog entirely. It is curious how much discipline is needed for… Continue reading →