Mike's Arctic Adventures

Follow the Manitoba Museum's own Mike Jensen as he participates in the 2016 Students On Ice Arctic Expedition. This is Mike's 8th summer as an Polar Educator with SOI. This year's itinerary takes them from the north coast of Quebec, up the east coast of Baffin Island, and across to the west coast of Greenland.

Monday, July 18, 2016

2016 Arctic Day 3 - Ottawa

This entry might be a short one - I'm typing it on my phone as I sit in Ottawa Airport waiting patiently in between student arrival flig...

Sunday, July 17, 2016

2016 Arctic Day 2 - Ottawa

Hello, from sunny and hot Ottawa! OK, I'm dedicated to trying to do this on a regular basis, so here's a brief and somewhat dis...

Friday, July 15, 2016

2016 Arctic - Day 1: Winnipeg to Ottawa

Me looking BADASS with a radio! Copy that! Hello friends! Well, I'm not sure how many of you are actually looking at this, cons...

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Monday July 25th, 2013 – in Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island

In my “normal” life, I’m not much for the idea for coincidences or other “higher power”-type beliefs that leave your fate (or mine) to someo...

Friday, July 26, 2013

Monday July 22nd, 2013 – crossing the Davis Strait from Greenland to Canada

Well, that didn’t go so well. All my fears about seasickness as we crossed the large body of water known as the Davis Strait from Greenla...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Saturday July 20th, 2013 – Uummannaq, Greenland

I’m fairly certain that in one of my previous blogs from another expedition, I said something along the lines of “I’d cross off of my bucke...

Monday, July 22, 2013

Friday July 19th, 2013 – Ilulissat, Greenland

I last left off heading towards the town of Ilulissat on the west coast of Greenland. My return to this community was not without a bit of t...

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