{"id":2140,"date":"2016-12-20T08:35:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T07:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=2140\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:51:05","slug":"arctic-research-ship-sets-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/arctic-research-ship-sets-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic research ship sets sail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Porsild\u2019 is the name of Arctic Station\u2019s own research ship. It is a steel vessel with space for the captain, three crew members and a maximum of 12 researchers, with space for eight to sleep overnight. <\/p>\n<p>Because Arctic Station has had Porsild for many years, polar researchers have been able to regularly collect data from the same place over a long period. It is unique to have that option accessible in the Arctic. <\/p>\n<p>(story continues below) <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/porsild2.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><em>Station leader Casper T. Christiansen with some drums for seawater samples. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>On a Monday morning in October, with the sun still about to rise over the sea in Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island, sailors and Arctic Station leader Casper T. Christiansen board Porsild with measuring equipment for a mission. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/porsild3.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><em>Casper T. Christiansen and Porsild\u2019s captain Frode Vest Hansen in the wheelhouse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The measuring equipment includes probes, which the crew lower down to 300 metres deep in the sea several nautical miles off the harbour. The probes allow the crew to take water samples and measure saline content and temperature within the different layers. <\/p>\n<p>In this way, the researchers collect data which indicates changes in climate over several decades. <\/p>\n<h2>Not for ice sticks<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing comes without hard work, and it is certainly hard work to collect data, as the University Post reporter learned on a trip aboard the Porsild.<\/p>\n<p>Sailors and employees have to take samples from many different sea-depths from three different positions. The probes are heavy, the deck is slippery, the ship rolls in the swell which comes in from Baffin Bay, and it is crucial to work securely and safely with the equipment to avoid accidents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/porsild4.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><em>It is hard to keep your balance when the equipment is lifted up and back over Porsild\u2019s deck several times. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although the ocean currents keep the sea around Disko Bay ice-free for another month yet, it is still freezing. The air temperature lies below freezing point, and the job of taking samples goes on for the majority of a work day. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/porsild5.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><em>Here is a kind of \u2018large bag\u2019 or net, which is towed behind the ship to collect samples of the small fauna in sea surrounding Disko.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That is why it is good to have Porsild\u2019s little, heated wheelhouse, which serves as a space to eat lunch or get warmed up, before Porsild returns to Qeqertarsuaq\u2019s protected inner harbour. In December, it freezes over, and Porsild cannot return to its missions until early spring. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/porsild6.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><em>Station employee and sailor Erik Wille is working to lift a heavy probe over the ship\u2019s railings as the ship rolls gracefully in the sea. The probe has collected sea water down from 300 metres depth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>anfj@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVENT CALENDAR 2016 \u2013 The Arctic Station\u2019s own research ship is used for all kinds of tasks, such as collecting sea water samples or sailing around Disko Island. 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It is unique to have that option accessible in the Arctic. <\/p>\n<p>(story continues below) <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/porsild2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Station leader Casper T. Christiansen with some drums for seawater samples. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>On a Monday morning in October, with the sun still about to rise over the sea in Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island, sailors and Arctic Station leader Casper T. Christiansen board Porsild with measuring equipment for a mission. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/porsild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Casper T. Christiansen and Porsild\u2019s captain Frode Vest Hansen in the wheelhouse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The measuring equipment includes probes, which the crew lower down to 300 metres deep in the sea several nautical miles off the harbour. The probes allow the crew to take water samples and measure saline content and temperature within the different layers. <\/p>\n<p>In this way, the researchers collect data which indicates changes in climate over several decades. <\/p>\n<h2>Not for ice sticks<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing comes without hard work, and it is certainly hard work to collect data, as the University Post reporter learned on a trip aboard the Porsild.<\/p>\n<p>Sailors and employees have to take samples from many different sea-depths from three different positions. The probes are heavy, the deck is slippery, the ship rolls in the swell which comes in from Baffin Bay, and it is crucial to work securely and safely with the equipment to avoid accidents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/porsild4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>It is hard to keep your balance when the equipment is lifted up and back over Porsild\u2019s deck several times. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although the ocean currents keep the sea around Disko Bay ice-free for another month yet, it is still freezing. The air temperature lies below freezing point, and the job of taking samples goes on for the majority of a work day. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/porsild5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Here is a kind of \u2018large bag\u2019 or net, which is towed behind the ship to collect samples of the small fauna in sea surrounding Disko.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That is why it is good to have Porsild\u2019s little, heated wheelhouse, which serves as a space to eat lunch or get warmed up, before Porsild returns to Qeqertarsuaq\u2019s protected inner harbour. In December, it freezes over, and Porsild cannot return to its missions until early spring. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/porsild6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Station employee and sailor Erik Wille is working to lift a heavy probe over the ship\u2019s railings as the ship rolls gracefully in the sea. 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