Far North Science

A news story by AP science writer SETH BORENSTEIN was zooming around the planet this morning with an early glimpse of controversies arising from a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC report, due out Friday, doesn’t take into account the accelerating meltdown observed in the past few years on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, according to several scientists.
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Homer children’s book author and adventurer Shelley Gill is touring the Far South this winter. Her ship is anchored along an icy coast of Booth Island. Check out the newest update and some stunning whale photos at her blog.

I woke up at 9. The wind was screaming. I made coffee, climbed up to the wheelhouse and talk about visual shock. There was the National Geoship Endeavor parked 100 feet away and 5 floors up.

The rocks were covered with folks in red coats with ski poles tramping around. I was ready to tramp too.