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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:00:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Pratt Lab Adventures</title><description></description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Matt Gunsch)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>240</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-4159631017899134729</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-26T12:31:44.812-08:00</atom:updated><title>That&#39;s a Wrap!</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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  3. 56 total days in Alaska, 33 days in the dark, 12 crates of supplies, 2 days of
  4. packing, and 1 day away from arriving home to Michigan! Please enjoy this
  5. picture journey of the 3 hours it took to move our instruments and crates into
  6. storage for the holidays before their transport back to Michigan:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  36. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Last day in the CakeEater Shed. Everything is packed!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  38. We had to pack the ATOFMS in the opposite order that we
  39. unpacked. This meant putting the ATOFMS into its crate on the street! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  50. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Picking up the crate from storage&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  52. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1il4WnPzY4n0TP94Ys-RxNxD_YnSfO7svbXAy27xJ-b8-3vsMaHTuBEsAf9aAVBttk67Qh80IpOnkDkLQJHOjeZB4FWR85IHpkgA-dq_evIltEmFcGfwYNBAfazew4hUXcMaa2P4twk/s1600/20181220_3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;440&quot; data-original-width=&quot;782&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1il4WnPzY4n0TP94Ys-RxNxD_YnSfO7svbXAy27xJ-b8-3vsMaHTuBEsAf9aAVBttk67Qh80IpOnkDkLQJHOjeZB4FWR85IHpkgA-dq_evIltEmFcGfwYNBAfazew4hUXcMaa2P4twk/s640/20181220_3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Soon, the ATOFMS’ livelihood will rest in the arms of this forklift&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  54. It took 5 men to lift the ATOFMS onto a sled:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  63. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkgtVK6Cr3Yp8qKaJPF8r4LxYC8GIe4yh6uJyvnwjpnX8dktlAxXXyLBRouuGIVWGuTWRUaS_Cuz5H7Dcqn5cxeIuqMj1AReKpUOksdIigC0hvKAbkBval53Clh_MDDXuJYa5F_lDt14/s1600/20181220_4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;440&quot; data-original-width=&quot;782&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkgtVK6Cr3Yp8qKaJPF8r4LxYC8GIe4yh6uJyvnwjpnX8dktlAxXXyLBRouuGIVWGuTWRUaS_Cuz5H7Dcqn5cxeIuqMj1AReKpUOksdIigC0hvKAbkBval53Clh_MDDXuJYa5F_lDt14/s640/20181220_4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  65. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;My heart stopping as I thought this was the end of the ATOFMS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  71.  o:title=&quot;20181220_143532_HDR&quot;/&gt;
  72. &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  74. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DOO1WzDozVZxVjL4hVFZpPp3lR73lOFesh6yMZtuBt3kaX0LMHfNGnRe4mB-Og_v55xp1oMhaXQDj3sD03gCvedRJocV-nE6V3LnJhPUf241h7kRliZgjYVMkwvzfASCkCKdyUITe3k/s1600/20181220_5.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;440&quot; data-original-width=&quot;782&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DOO1WzDozVZxVjL4hVFZpPp3lR73lOFesh6yMZtuBt3kaX0LMHfNGnRe4mB-Og_v55xp1oMhaXQDj3sD03gCvedRJocV-nE6V3LnJhPUf241h7kRliZgjYVMkwvzfASCkCKdyUITe3k/s640/20181220_5.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  75. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  76. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;The ATOFMS right before it went for a ride down 3 steps&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  77. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  78. Now we meet the crate at the side of the street.
  79. Unfortunately for us, it’s -3&lt;sup&gt;o&lt;/sup&gt;F outside and winds of 18 mph. My
  80. phone couldn’t take it and defiantly shut itself off despite having full
  81. battery. Luckily, all went well. We were able to make one trip and everything
  82. made it to storage safely. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  83. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  84. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id=&quot;Picture_x0020_8&quot;
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  88.  o:title=&quot;20181220_143803_HDR&quot;/&gt;
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  93. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;The last photo I was able to take before my phone died from the cold&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  94. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  95. 3 hours later. Jun’s phone comes back alive for one last
  96. picture:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  105. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAYIkQKo11rtXfgTFoT20oiPtNEoeyO7venJxteHu5V8sIis6qRStWN8E7wUugpBgp7NcgqpfG7v836qyiAhmurG5uiaW5yzekHkjdcXW7D9HztQVgEtKwUO-JR0acqDcS9-Cf5lYgik/s1600/20181220_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;572&quot; data-original-width=&quot;762&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAYIkQKo11rtXfgTFoT20oiPtNEoeyO7venJxteHu5V8sIis6qRStWN8E7wUugpBgp7NcgqpfG7v836qyiAhmurG5uiaW5yzekHkjdcXW7D9HztQVgEtKwUO-JR0acqDcS9-Cf5lYgik/s640/20181220_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  106. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  107. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;All packed. All moved. All done!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  108. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  109. A big THANK YOU to UIC-Science for all their help moving and
  110. solving logistical problems along the way and the Department of Energy Early Career and ARM Programs for housing us and
  111. funding the APUN study. We collected plenty of interesting data, and hopefully,
  112. we’ll be able to share our findings with you all soon!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  113. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  114. Jamy Lee, Pratt Lab PhD student</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/12/thats-wrap.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkY8KeGVY7Kf2DGsdcFdzP6QZOj8ybxCPlQcQrxtBxYhzTxfxr52JXCDWwnWCcBWlLOqJFEQT9-oDExHBGW1Ae7K4GAkjkOBnk5T9h8Rf1qm2KvNENQg1Wv7fEsJ_vGG24jZIam0Hi1hQ/s72-c/20181220_1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-5123092711090900210</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-10T10:52:23.331-08:00</atom:updated><title>CHEM 125-Snow on umich.edu homepage!</title><description>Our introductory chemistry lab course involving a semester-long authentic research experience in Arctic snow chemistry is featured today on the www.umich.edu homepage!&lt;br /&gt;
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  116. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqahgeYJKIWF8inj9cDCkNrgLMMnWunFeRJjtMzs2LSeDdmAduBgpwNKJFn1jSuY_K-dFZFoVtDX8oF757hLDeGEU4dY7nGoSieT9g9vlLPjDN_LETyxU6DgQ9GF1Y6lZeuclc3Fj_E2Y/s1600/Umich-Chem125-snow.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;654&quot; data-original-width=&quot;967&quot; height=&quot;432&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqahgeYJKIWF8inj9cDCkNrgLMMnWunFeRJjtMzs2LSeDdmAduBgpwNKJFn1jSuY_K-dFZFoVtDX8oF757hLDeGEU4dY7nGoSieT9g9vlLPjDN_LETyxU6DgQ9GF1Y6lZeuclc3Fj_E2Y/s640/Umich-Chem125-snow.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  118. Michigan News article:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://engaged.umich.edu/news-features/properties-of-arctic-snow-not-your-typical-1st-year-chemistry-experiment/&quot;&gt;https://engaged.umich.edu/news-features/properties-of-arctic-snow-not-your-typical-1st-year-chemistry-experiment/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  119. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/12/chem-125-snow-on-umichedu-homepage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqahgeYJKIWF8inj9cDCkNrgLMMnWunFeRJjtMzs2LSeDdmAduBgpwNKJFn1jSuY_K-dFZFoVtDX8oF757hLDeGEU4dY7nGoSieT9g9vlLPjDN_LETyxU6DgQ9GF1Y6lZeuclc3Fj_E2Y/s72-c/Umich-Chem125-snow.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1670653485830986231</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-08T06:37:26.483-08:00</atom:updated><title>Bringing a Piece of Home to Utqiagvik, AK</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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  121. After snoozing my alarm for the
  122. fifth time, it is hard to believe that it is 8 am. Opening the blinds, I do a
  123. double take between my phone and the outside world. Am I sure it isn’t the
  124. middle of the night? With one streetlight illuminating the vicinity, I can
  125. barely make out the buildings next to us. It is pitch black outside. If we are
  126. lucky today, we might see a slight glimmer of sunlight around noon. With two
  127. cups of coffee in and more cups of tea waiting back at the duplex, Jun and I
  128. embark on one of three trips per day to the aptly named Cakeeater shed. With
  129. the pleasant humming of the instruments ringing in my head, there is one
  130. pertinent question that I must ask Jun, “What’s for dinner?” &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  160. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;A glimmer of Sunlight at 11 AM 12/02/2018&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  162. Between deciphering error messages
  163. on the instruments and peeking outside for a glimpse of sunlight, food has
  164. brought us comfort during the darkest days (literally). During the downtime,
  165. I’m watching the food network as I hunch over a laptop analyzing our mass
  166. spectra from the previous day. I make mental notes of my favorite meals before
  167. strolling through the only large grocery store with fresh vegetables in
  168. Utqiagvik. Surprisingly, the Alaska Commercial Company is fully stocked with a
  169. bounty of options. You can even find exotic ingredients like bok choy and okra.
  170. The prices are vastly different than what we would expect from Ann Arbor, MI
  171. but by now we don’t blink twice at grabbing a $7 loaf of bread. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  173. Returning to the duplex with
  174. hundreds of dollars in groceries, the difficult question arises again, what’s
  175. for dinner? There are about 8 charming restaurants in the area but nothing
  176. beats a home-cooked meal. We could make a hearty chili using the instant pot
  177. provided for us, or a taste of Thanksgiving with a green bean casserole, or pancakes
  178. and bacon because we are adults! Though our main concern is keeping our
  179. instruments functional, we have spent the downtime during the past 6 weeks perfecting
  180. our culinary skills. From cooking the perfect 135°F medium rare steak to
  181. watching bread rise, I now feel as comfortable cooking as I do tuning the aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS). With 25 mph winds and more
  182. darkness ahead of us, we light a match to turn on the gas stove. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  191. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQXzkpvxh8jZEkqOkNwvKBfgxZQOXVvAy6aDZp1yd_44WG8D9PF0tSZlgeS_ysDOYaHpETKfGqTBvkhBo3XAvIiDGZRyVgJGcQsKmUnl9l8noxtNzOmGAZgh5TLB8ORAZY4l8Kn2_q-A/s1600/HomeCookedMeals.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;746&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1321&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQXzkpvxh8jZEkqOkNwvKBfgxZQOXVvAy6aDZp1yd_44WG8D9PF0tSZlgeS_ysDOYaHpETKfGqTBvkhBo3XAvIiDGZRyVgJGcQsKmUnl9l8noxtNzOmGAZgh5TLB8ORAZY4l8Kn2_q-A/s640/HomeCookedMeals.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  193. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;A few of our home cooked meals &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  195. Today, I make something that
  196. reminds us both of home: wonton soup. Wrapping tiny spoonfuls of meat into a
  197. paper-thin wrapper brings back nostalgic childhood memories of waking up early
  198. Christmas morning to make wontons with my mom. With the darkness and wind
  199. whispering for us to stay indoors, this will always bring us comfort and
  200. warmth. With this meal, we bring a little bit of home to our new home in
  201. Utqiagvik. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  210. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-w__ggdWsicH0c3ao_46dCgUWdhXorHahvReWCxolSe9vmPZJEp7XcEqQqiaLhhO_NbDk2q0ouunORURvxfCe2Myu2tetYV9wOWlhKnDGwdqjrFDLD7N_CanzFXwG2z0pLts3_lGTFk/s1600/WontonSoup.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;897&quot; data-original-width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-w__ggdWsicH0c3ao_46dCgUWdhXorHahvReWCxolSe9vmPZJEp7XcEqQqiaLhhO_NbDk2q0ouunORURvxfCe2Myu2tetYV9wOWlhKnDGwdqjrFDLD7N_CanzFXwG2z0pLts3_lGTFk/s400/WontonSoup.jpg&quot; width=&quot;223&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  212. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;A bowl of hearty, homemade wonton soup&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  216. - Jamy Lee, Pratt Lab Ph.D. Student part of the APUN study in
  217. Utqiagvik, AK&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  218. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/12/bringing-piece-of-home-to-utqiagvik-ak.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Uzjjg3uaSZ9Fp-0ujttpRXRp2KCdR_sXVW-33WH9WK0fq4TAi7qQFWSt8qWz6ckuT6i6OsusajqiZghKiWXNZDIsJnCQBr00TOQmStR16rmal4ZUuh_hJayAeauUhhcnK5i-nlTgVb8/s72-c/20181202_sunlight.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1433463224154109547</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-08T12:02:57.732-08:00</atom:updated><title>Care package to Jamy &amp; Jun!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  219. Pratt Lab group members Jamy Lee and Jun Liu have been in Utqiagvik, Alaska since Oct. 28, and the sun went down for winter, with Polar Night beginning on Nov. 18. Jamy and Jun have been doing a great job keeping the ATOFMS going, while frequently dealing with getting stuck in snowbanks when going to/from the lab! It&#39;s been dark for quite a while, so the Pratt Lab decided to send them a care package! USPS flat rate shipments work to send mail to Utqiagvik, as long as you&#39;re patient! So, &quot;3-day&quot; shipping took 1 week, which is actually really fast for all the way to the North Slope of Alaska! They sent us the following photos of their excitement, with the message: &quot;We received the package today! Thank you guys so much! These will keep us sane through the never-ending darkness!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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  222. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Jamy excited about Sriracha and socks! &quot;Photos taken at 12:30 pm. Not much daylight as usual.&quot;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  226. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Jun enjoying his &quot;Keep It Cool&quot; socks!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  230. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Beautiful Northern Lights (Photo credit: Jun Liu)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  231. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  232. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/12/care-package-to-jamy-jun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ix8lu05ERtNyPu2uJlMUtV0_Y5JETxTRqri6ZmUkyJn0aIGrAnJDMecix1kXZIxUUdy4-i5uqbJG_54ZYu6DTPHln8HBJt_qSOuXLKxXmX_UhgO_3f3-96r4uvcF6Ijt03V02AXwMis/s72-c/IMG_2967.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-953579203170724250</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-08T12:33:15.941-08:00</atom:updated><title>Holiday Party!</title><description>Pratt Lab holiday party joint with the Ault Lab - celebrating another successful semester!&lt;br /&gt;
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  234. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlZN9c9nD012vLNXVaIh21QYbiNX7BwST_wpuhRc3d2BRtD1pGtUgoUkFiJbr_DCDPu6KCMtieNG-6REmaQc2fXS9iU8ScS4owc3QU_m6CaYzkpTfpim_VXQbCs9bnOMbQ0i6_MujQww/s1600/IMG_20181202_190410.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlZN9c9nD012vLNXVaIh21QYbiNX7BwST_wpuhRc3d2BRtD1pGtUgoUkFiJbr_DCDPu6KCMtieNG-6REmaQc2fXS9iU8ScS4owc3QU_m6CaYzkpTfpim_VXQbCs9bnOMbQ0i6_MujQww/s640/IMG_20181202_190410.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  235. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/12/holiday-party.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlZN9c9nD012vLNXVaIh21QYbiNX7BwST_wpuhRc3d2BRtD1pGtUgoUkFiJbr_DCDPu6KCMtieNG-6REmaQc2fXS9iU8ScS4owc3QU_m6CaYzkpTfpim_VXQbCs9bnOMbQ0i6_MujQww/s72-c/IMG_20181202_190410.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-2681175215834392677</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-12-08T12:04:47.256-08:00</atom:updated><title>Northern Lights!</title><description>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  236. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1hpi-vOrIhquuBiSpW4WhVgQ0cSx8XQntnl5hdCtqMJX3V0qeekDDToO-aMP5XC8HCWsIkMtmQOQeo1DrfbWCkGNTEkqPOabJGu5gEQZInC1D4CH3WwKzjtjk2BkJ6BNMTDaax92n_8/s1600/20181112_NorthernLights.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;928&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1396&quot; height=&quot;424&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1hpi-vOrIhquuBiSpW4WhVgQ0cSx8XQntnl5hdCtqMJX3V0qeekDDToO-aMP5XC8HCWsIkMtmQOQeo1DrfbWCkGNTEkqPOabJGu5gEQZInC1D4CH3WwKzjtjk2BkJ6BNMTDaax92n_8/s640/20181112_NorthernLights.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  237. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Northern Lights over our lab on the Alaskan Arctic tundra (Photo credit: Jun Liu)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  238. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  239. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/northern-lights.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1hpi-vOrIhquuBiSpW4WhVgQ0cSx8XQntnl5hdCtqMJX3V0qeekDDToO-aMP5XC8HCWsIkMtmQOQeo1DrfbWCkGNTEkqPOabJGu5gEQZInC1D4CH3WwKzjtjk2BkJ6BNMTDaax92n_8/s72-c/20181112_NorthernLights.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-7744942148595923681</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-09T00:01:27.071-08:00</atom:updated><title>Wintertime sea spray aerosol!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  240. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMF5FSwZ383wba8-yWFTH3rsqr51cnQwSf8YOV2tQPRpwCXdo4ZZdzu8qPWORtoLmsGbgg5Wtbe0f7lRFZAoxrDNxQ0xQWWflp5QK3OcinwfQvq9s41YZgfUb23fM7lJCuRoLk1x4lWk/s1600/Nov8photo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;720&quot; data-original-width=&quot;960&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMF5FSwZ383wba8-yWFTH3rsqr51cnQwSf8YOV2tQPRpwCXdo4ZZdzu8qPWORtoLmsGbgg5Wtbe0f7lRFZAoxrDNxQ0xQWWflp5QK3OcinwfQvq9s41YZgfUb23fM7lJCuRoLk1x4lWk/s640/Nov8photo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  241. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Waves crashing at the snow-covered shore at Utqiagvik, AK - wintertime Arctic sea spray aerosol! Fall sea ice freeze-up is severely delayed in recent years, leading to storms eroding the coastline. A local noted sadly that the beach where she had played as a child had been washed away in recent years.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/wintertime-sea-spray-aerosol.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMF5FSwZ383wba8-yWFTH3rsqr51cnQwSf8YOV2tQPRpwCXdo4ZZdzu8qPWORtoLmsGbgg5Wtbe0f7lRFZAoxrDNxQ0xQWWflp5QK3OcinwfQvq9s41YZgfUb23fM7lJCuRoLk1x4lWk/s72-c/Nov8photo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Utqiagvik, AK</georss:featurename><georss:point>71.29055559999999 -156.788611</georss:point><georss:box>71.127519099999986 -157.434058 71.4535921 -156.143164</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-8182577940230644837</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-08T22:36:56.111-08:00</atom:updated><title>Aurora Borealis!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  242. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzenTDZU_zXH-c7LfkofWPpBPDQGXzSJZhQUjVtfQIunNZcWJA5ZMPC8q3gBhjgQ6af9TRqRWt5jcMuI7KNldkM5k4k5XLGrgu-bffQuLay1ZlkThhfCEMx1NjmoktoOigzzQ3RMF-I4/s1600/Nov7photo_aurora.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1067&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzenTDZU_zXH-c7LfkofWPpBPDQGXzSJZhQUjVtfQIunNZcWJA5ZMPC8q3gBhjgQ6af9TRqRWt5jcMuI7KNldkM5k4k5XLGrgu-bffQuLay1ZlkThhfCEMx1NjmoktoOigzzQ3RMF-I4/s640/Nov7photo_aurora.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  244. Beautiful Aurora Borealis in Utqiagvik, AK! A great reward for Pratt Lab post-doc and PhD student after a long day of Arctic fieldwork!&lt;/div&gt;
  245. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; font-family: &amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/aurora-borealis.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzenTDZU_zXH-c7LfkofWPpBPDQGXzSJZhQUjVtfQIunNZcWJA5ZMPC8q3gBhjgQ6af9TRqRWt5jcMuI7KNldkM5k4k5XLGrgu-bffQuLay1ZlkThhfCEMx1NjmoktoOigzzQ3RMF-I4/s72-c/Nov7photo_aurora.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-6588177135483767771</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-08T22:36:10.457-08:00</atom:updated><title>Mass Spectrometry in the Arctic!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  246. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-HLx7I8haHy_ZObEHm_8a6QTT_hFTNaC9qpIX2i7-zaSfO8wRvij6nikEumE1x_8NM5LlxDWISzZSNmhElzbKUDTaW-UKevf5kgnzbaY5-xtYY_wKZdACoSfHUn2sx6n7XgTsqgKv5A/s1600/Nov7photo.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-HLx7I8haHy_ZObEHm_8a6QTT_hFTNaC9qpIX2i7-zaSfO8wRvij6nikEumE1x_8NM5LlxDWISzZSNmhElzbKUDTaW-UKevf5kgnzbaY5-xtYY_wKZdACoSfHUn2sx6n7XgTsqgKv5A/s400/Nov7photo.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  248. Pratt Lab postdoc Jun Liu &amp;amp; PhD student Jamy Lee have been working hard to get our #MassSpec ready for Arctic aerosol sampling on the tundra!&lt;/div&gt;
  249. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; font-family: &amp;quot;segoe ui&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/mass-spectrometry-in-arctic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-HLx7I8haHy_ZObEHm_8a6QTT_hFTNaC9qpIX2i7-zaSfO8wRvij6nikEumE1x_8NM5LlxDWISzZSNmhElzbKUDTaW-UKevf5kgnzbaY5-xtYY_wKZdACoSfHUn2sx6n7XgTsqgKv5A/s72-c/Nov7photo.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-4159561341547773342</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-08T22:30:53.202-08:00</atom:updated><title>Sunrise on the Arctic tundra!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  250. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9inLNU9_tupdriKpcLVV85c_gFm6msEL6nxAsJwrhuXURzxIt_OeOrDsExhYHTf33CrpW48Jvgv96WVfL0YRBS6zZwge6B1oN3pJ1sP37wFn0ZwxX8o_Xyw8tXUTJs-qkZl8viB3YOo/s1600/Sunrise_20181104.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;720&quot; data-original-width=&quot;960&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9inLNU9_tupdriKpcLVV85c_gFm6msEL6nxAsJwrhuXURzxIt_OeOrDsExhYHTf33CrpW48Jvgv96WVfL0YRBS6zZwge6B1oN3pJ1sP37wFn0ZwxX8o_Xyw8tXUTJs-qkZl8viB3YOo/s640/Sunrise_20181104.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  251. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/sunrise-on-arctic-tundra.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9inLNU9_tupdriKpcLVV85c_gFm6msEL6nxAsJwrhuXURzxIt_OeOrDsExhYHTf33CrpW48Jvgv96WVfL0YRBS6zZwge6B1oN3pJ1sP37wFn0ZwxX8o_Xyw8tXUTJs-qkZl8viB3YOo/s72-c/Sunrise_20181104.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Utqiagvik, AK</georss:featurename><georss:point>71.29055559999999 -156.788611</georss:point><georss:box>71.127519099999986 -157.434058 71.4535921 -156.143164</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1568407913946150466</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 05:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-08T22:35:19.116-08:00</atom:updated><title>The start of our Alaskan aerosol field campaign!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;The Pratt Lab has started our Department of Energy Early Career &amp;amp; ARM field campaign APUN (Aerosols during the Polar Utqia&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;ġ&lt;/span&gt;vik Night; apun means &#39;snow on ground&#39; in I&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 107%;&quot;&gt;ñ&lt;/span&gt;upiaq)!&amp;nbsp;Significant delays in fall sea ice freeze-up in the Chukchi and Beaufort
  252. Seas are reducing winter sea ice extent and resulting in thinning sea ice prone
  253. to fracturing. However, the majority of recent Arctic aerosol
  254. observations have been made through intensive spring/summer field campaigns,
  255. with few measurements in the fall-winter. This observational gap is limiting
  256. our understanding of the spatial and temporal variability in the Arctic aerosol
  257. population, as recognized by current international efforts focused on improving
  258. understanding and prediction of the Polar Regions (e.g., Year of Polar
  259. Prediction, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project activity CATCH (Cryosphere
  260. and Atmospheric Chemistry)). The APUN field campaign will improve our understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources,
  261. composition, and processes during the early Polar night. Pratt Lab PhD student Jamy Lee and post-doc Jun Liu are working hard to get our instruments ready to start sampling on the Arctic tundra!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  263. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycFWv_dmXCtvmlIk3NjqHVP0WKxJmrmebQO9wLq8wKnpRmQflx4T7ZoJXe7fMLs57n4zbT3za32w1eDSF6IXKAB8zMHCzdZYwjIldH6w1RR1efoZ_7mR7WzZsqDkw3k5IC3V0J6GRwnM/s1600/Nov3photo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycFWv_dmXCtvmlIk3NjqHVP0WKxJmrmebQO9wLq8wKnpRmQflx4T7ZoJXe7fMLs57n4zbT3za32w1eDSF6IXKAB8zMHCzdZYwjIldH6w1RR1efoZ_7mR7WzZsqDkw3k5IC3V0J6GRwnM/s640/Nov3photo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  264. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-start-of-our-alaskan-aerosol-field.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycFWv_dmXCtvmlIk3NjqHVP0WKxJmrmebQO9wLq8wKnpRmQflx4T7ZoJXe7fMLs57n4zbT3za32w1eDSF6IXKAB8zMHCzdZYwjIldH6w1RR1efoZ_7mR7WzZsqDkw3k5IC3V0J6GRwnM/s72-c/Nov3photo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Utqiagvik, AK</georss:featurename><georss:point>71.29055559999999 -156.788611</georss:point><georss:box>71.127519099999986 -157.434058 71.4535921 -156.143164</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-7714301904147691233</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-11-08T22:13:54.781-08:00</atom:updated><title>Welcome Madeline, Nikki, and Brady!</title><description>Welcome graduate rotation students Madeline Cooke, Nikki Woodall, and Brady Anderson! Madeline received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nikki received her B.S. (Biochemistry &amp;amp; Biology) and M.S. (Chemistry) degrees from Ball State University. Brady received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Saint Thomas (in St. Paul, MN). Welcome to the Pratt Lab!</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcome-madeline-nikki-and-brady.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-5247457455114890204</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-09-05T10:00:47.279-07:00</atom:updated><title>A Day at the North Pole</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
  265. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  266. We spent several days breaking ice, which is quite a sensory
  267. experience – a cacophony of smashing, grinding, and growling accompanied by
  268. massive vibrations as this 100 m long, 10,000 ton ship slides over meter thick
  269. ice and crushes it, sending chunks of ice past the propellers and around the
  270. sides of the ship while traveling at a steady speed of 3 knots. But now, on Aug
  271. 12, we made it. We were all waiting in anticipation as we slowly traveled
  272. farther north. Past latitudes 86, 87, 88, 89! deg N, every day taking me
  273. further north than I have ever been before. Our main goal was the search for
  274. the perfect ice floe on which to set up our sampling station for 5 weeks of
  275. science. But as we past 88 deg, and then 89, it became apparent that we were
  276. nearing the North Pole. And when you’re that close, you have to go! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  277. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  278. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  279. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  280. We paused for 24 hours at the pole, situated around 89 deg
  281. 58’ , for a North Pole science station. This was about 5 miles away from &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;THE&lt;/i&gt; pole, blocked by a massive ice floe,
  282. but when you’re that close, you’ve made it. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  283. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  284. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  285. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  286. We collected genuine North Pole water for an experiment,
  287. sampled genuine North Pole air, and even tasted genuine North Pole ice
  288. (refreshing, and slightly salty). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  289. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  290. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  291. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  292. This was also the perfect opportunity to get a group photo
  293. on the ice in front of &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Oden&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  294. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  295. Then we got to celebrate! The captain invited everyone to a
  296. toast on the ship’s bridge, followed by a 3-course dinner (and yes, we all had
  297. to dress up!) It was an opportunity to take a break from the science and step
  298. back, enjoying what a unique experience this is, and how lucky we all are to be
  299. a part of it. Not many people can say they’ve been to the North Pole (and on my
  300. first trip to the Arctic, no less!). And now I get to publish future papers
  301. with &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;North Pole&lt;/i&gt; data, how neat!&lt;/div&gt;
  302. &lt;br /&gt;
  303. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  304. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcsxbw1ppfqKrFqLAQm_Woru18tV4zHOcXo2tBqZ2J1kd6P9t6htqdgOEuZvbYaM7hAAYQYTG8w6YfCObGpgM2jnuta3Et03s41TVZsExzGUkyR2gNQyO2nxaeZfsqrUd7tDYWwjwIvY/s1600/blogpost4a.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcsxbw1ppfqKrFqLAQm_Woru18tV4zHOcXo2tBqZ2J1kd6P9t6htqdgOEuZvbYaM7hAAYQYTG8w6YfCObGpgM2jnuta3Et03s41TVZsExzGUkyR2gNQyO2nxaeZfsqrUd7tDYWwjwIvY/s640/blogpost4a.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  305. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;calibri&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;The view from the North Pole always changes, since it is all covered by sea ice!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  306. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  307. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4LLouLDpDcfssdHY5uwaoxR9l7GC0VPFv6ZvKnrUXjAd7B39HvQi9QXuRvbuff0evOAe7ABDa2YmFv0TaQKUf_JCP5wGy9NOF56KhI_qrWfwAbmIKhTt6QwMEE-VHYUTQ4TQvgDrKR0/s1600/DSC05879.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;373&quot; data-original-width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4LLouLDpDcfssdHY5uwaoxR9l7GC0VPFv6ZvKnrUXjAd7B39HvQi9QXuRvbuff0evOAe7ABDa2YmFv0TaQKUf_JCP5wGy9NOF56KhI_qrWfwAbmIKhTt6QwMEE-VHYUTQ4TQvgDrKR0/s640/DSC05879.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  308. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;calibri&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  309. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;calibri&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;- Rachel Kirpes, Pratt Lab PhD student on the Oden&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-day-at-north-pole.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcsxbw1ppfqKrFqLAQm_Woru18tV4zHOcXo2tBqZ2J1kd6P9t6htqdgOEuZvbYaM7hAAYQYTG8w6YfCObGpgM2jnuta3Et03s41TVZsExzGUkyR2gNQyO2nxaeZfsqrUd7tDYWwjwIvY/s72-c/blogpost4a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1513289224425855599</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-21T13:32:33.659-07:00</atom:updated><title>Rachel at the North Pole!</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  310. Pratt Lab PhD student Rachel Kirpes reached the North Pole on the Swedish Icebreaker Oden! Let&#39;s learn about connections between sea ice, microbiology, aerosols, and clouds! #arcticocean2018&lt;/div&gt;
  311. &lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  312. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  313. &lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  314. &lt;a href=&quot;https://polarforskningsportalen.se/en/arctic/expeditions/arctic-ocean-2018/blogs/nordpolen-2&quot;&gt;https://polarforskningsportalen.se/en/arctic/expeditions/arctic-ocean-2018/blogs/nordpolen-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  315. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  316. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Image may contain: one or more people and outdoor&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39506911_10155850224307549_7071975364410474496_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;amp;oh=e149947ba57f35153ae7ed54a781056d&amp;amp;oe=5BF4692C&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  317. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photo by Lars Lehnert&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  318. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  319. &lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;
  320. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Image may contain: sky and outdoor&quot; height=&quot;427&quot; src=&quot;https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39442259_10155850224197549_2847183002188906496_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;amp;oh=2c6d6d8d0faa4ffdd6873d30735a5a6a&amp;amp;oe=5BFC10BB&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  321. &lt;br /&gt;
  322. &lt;img alt=&quot;Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, standing, sky and outdoor&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39333427_10155850224237549_7789244901526339584_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;amp;oh=09aea93d0fe56d35f9e716897fccffea&amp;amp;oe=5BF42172&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/08/rachel-at-north-pole.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-3638001068660397810</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-09-05T10:00:23.773-07:00</atom:updated><title>Entering the Ice</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
  323. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  324. Less than two days after departing from Longyearbyen, we
  325. reached the marginal ice zone (MIZ), where the first small bits of sea ice
  326. appear in the water. Being at sea, on such a large ship, is full of noises. The
  327. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Oden, &lt;/i&gt;being an icebreaker, isn’t
  328. designed for open water. So the first leg of our journey was full of sound and
  329. movement as the ship swayed back and forth, vibrating as it crashed through
  330. waves. Along with the gentle swaying, the ship tends to sing – the noises were
  331. curiously in tune, like an ethereal orchestra accompanying our expedition.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  332. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  333. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  334. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  335. But once we reached even the first bit of ice, the sound and
  336. movement suddenly changed. The rocking stopped, the ship was much steadier
  337. surrounded by ice, and all of a sudden it was much quieter. At this point,
  338. experiencing such a drastic change, and looking outside to see ice moving all
  339. around us, it was very clear that we were now in the Arctic. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  340. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  341. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  342. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  343. We paused in the MIZ for a 24 hour intensive sampling
  344. period. This was very busy as everyone was working hard to run instruments and
  345. conduct experiments only two days into the campaign. But this station was
  346. essential – in order to establish a reference, in an area with open water and
  347. some sea ice, to compare to our measurements once we got deep into the pack
  348. ice. Sea ice defines the uniqueness of the Arctic environment – impacting the
  349. ocean and atmosphere physics, biology, chemistry, and meteorology. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  350. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  351. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  352. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  353. As our science commenced, the novelty of our environment was
  354. never lost to me, that we are in the Arctic Ocean, surrounded by sea ice,
  355. looking out over a landscape that could be another world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  356. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  357. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC0c4SFFn86z6h0PJUY6OmZxS36AU2kbMuKOXitTypgTrKaHD1NafIRMGjoYOI-g8X_4zWll_VaR5dglichy2vnMLokCjJrEQEf1DMxJQ6Estzl5d9d2HqBuscn_c4UAmbq70Ex6WQoA/s1600/blog+post3a.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;303&quot; data-original-width=&quot;404&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC0c4SFFn86z6h0PJUY6OmZxS36AU2kbMuKOXitTypgTrKaHD1NafIRMGjoYOI-g8X_4zWll_VaR5dglichy2vnMLokCjJrEQEf1DMxJQ6Estzl5d9d2HqBuscn_c4UAmbq70Ex6WQoA/s640/blog+post3a.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  358. &amp;nbsp;My first views of sea ice!&lt;br /&gt;
  359. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  360. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxxKEbfDq8XKA-pzRAST_oaEOsq5QZqFiC_Ce5je1AhSVHJya1R-KuLbh6banuSJxy-0dFAtqmi8X81s7FUZx4MAW2u0YIAD_zKX-svDTPBfX-oxUP1xZveh6XSxRl8QEO-iW0LPTOFE/s1600/blog+post3b.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;303&quot; data-original-width=&quot;404&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxxKEbfDq8XKA-pzRAST_oaEOsq5QZqFiC_Ce5je1AhSVHJya1R-KuLbh6banuSJxy-0dFAtqmi8X81s7FUZx4MAW2u0YIAD_zKX-svDTPBfX-oxUP1xZveh6XSxRl8QEO-iW0LPTOFE/s640/blog+post3b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  363. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKnLYC1gEecoaH7OswdyNLhzgi55bpy0Bk_QW6-4Yayok4JEAt2199SEI1l4YW5pQpyKrQsKPEKWEOZdTTlnFzt6IhIZpz2TaR1lqx7rtrhRFXnWRiKs012_5ZXiim-BqL98dJE6kx8o/s1600/blog+post3c.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;395&quot; data-original-width=&quot;511&quot; height=&quot;494&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKnLYC1gEecoaH7OswdyNLhzgi55bpy0Bk_QW6-4Yayok4JEAt2199SEI1l4YW5pQpyKrQsKPEKWEOZdTTlnFzt6IhIZpz2TaR1lqx7rtrhRFXnWRiKs012_5ZXiim-BqL98dJE6kx8o/s640/blog+post3c.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  364. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  365. &lt;br /&gt;
  366. - Rachel Kirpes, Pratt Lab PhD student on the Oden!&lt;/div&gt;
  367. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/08/entering-ice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC0c4SFFn86z6h0PJUY6OmZxS36AU2kbMuKOXitTypgTrKaHD1NafIRMGjoYOI-g8X_4zWll_VaR5dglichy2vnMLokCjJrEQEf1DMxJQ6Estzl5d9d2HqBuscn_c4UAmbq70Ex6WQoA/s72-c/blog+post3a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-7245897091474846730</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-09-05T09:59:58.535-07:00</atom:updated><title>Adventures in Longyearbyen</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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  369. Completing the transit from Helsingborg, we arrived at
  370. Longyearbyen, Svalbard on July 28. This gave us a couple days to get off the
  371. ship and explore before everyone joined for the official start of the
  372. expedition. I made sure to enjoy my last chance to be on land for 8 weeks. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  409. the Svalbard archipelago, and is known for polar bears, mountains, and a
  410. history of coal mining. Now, the town is a main tourist hub for outdoor
  411. adventuring. And also claims the northern most brewery in the world!&lt;/div&gt;
  412. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  413. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRaAcpE4h85oFsyafZo2Kc14syteDaWcsaEg0dvCxeIdHqgX-Iwm17AZP35DyIIxjrvMn9g23H_xv99GSdlIrxWHVthZVLkLGdcfvCq5MmOkym02PDCpl_ODvk9iqnNBtL4fkH9e_8Zw/s1600/blogpost2a.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;172&quot; data-original-width=&quot;568&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRaAcpE4h85oFsyafZo2Kc14syteDaWcsaEg0dvCxeIdHqgX-Iwm17AZP35DyIIxjrvMn9g23H_xv99GSdlIrxWHVthZVLkLGdcfvCq5MmOkym02PDCpl_ODvk9iqnNBtL4fkH9e_8Zw/s640/blogpost2a.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  415. There are great mountain views right from town. Also a good
  416. spot to watch for Arctic terns!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  417. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  418. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAPOhWoTFzFLSSYWTiN8dpNocaEfShbHmkJ1kw20OvBsp9s4hrtWi5UKnYGqo99RPo0TuoHh3Ip_W58MN5LNS8xW3_rGE9eceKER5Omn-mDl98RQ5BA_dVXnEAvzP5x1sKI8mOgZfQPQ/s1600/blogpost2b.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;193&quot; data-original-width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAPOhWoTFzFLSSYWTiN8dpNocaEfShbHmkJ1kw20OvBsp9s4hrtWi5UKnYGqo99RPo0TuoHh3Ip_W58MN5LNS8xW3_rGE9eceKER5Omn-mDl98RQ5BA_dVXnEAvzP5x1sKI8mOgZfQPQ/s400/blogpost2b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  419. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  420. Longyearbyen is located on a fjord and right up to the
  421. mountains. Great place to start an outdoor adventure. But as soon as you leave
  422. town, everyone is strongly advised to bring bear protection!&lt;/div&gt;
  423. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  424. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  425. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  426. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  427. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  428. But we’re not removed from the world yet – even at 78 deg N,
  429. Longyearbyen has a Radisson hotel! While we were in town, we also enjoyed our
  430. last chance to have internet access before continuing on the cruise.&lt;/div&gt;
  431. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  432. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  433. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  434. Disembarking the ship for an afternoon in town also provided
  435. a great opportunity to get a photo of &lt;i&gt;Oden,
  436. &lt;/i&gt;our home for these 10 weeks.&lt;/div&gt;
  437. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  438. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0sZfjqG2Y8IBbsKBy8kzDBqtdiImxKtR4b5pFOFYwQWAXbAYBPa5fh4TcvtEy2o0gY6_73AMzmvgFdeO_K6aOtu-X_4vTD61IWAC1HlE9V1M_LVknS3IvCQP6FFpSmY0DOZHxIZCHvk/s1600/blogpost2c.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;204&quot; data-original-width=&quot;303&quot; height=&quot;268&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0sZfjqG2Y8IBbsKBy8kzDBqtdiImxKtR4b5pFOFYwQWAXbAYBPa5fh4TcvtEy2o0gY6_73AMzmvgFdeO_K6aOtu-X_4vTD61IWAC1HlE9V1M_LVknS3IvCQP6FFpSmY0DOZHxIZCHvk/s400/blogpost2c.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  439. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  440. Once the full science team was onboard, excitement about the
  441. upcoming expedition took over. After leaving Longyearbyen on Aug 1, next stop:
  442. Marginal Ice Zone!&lt;br /&gt;
  443. &lt;br /&gt;
  444. - Rachel Kirpes, Pratt Lab PhD student on the Oden!&lt;/div&gt;
  445. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/08/adventures-in-longyearbyen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRaAcpE4h85oFsyafZo2Kc14syteDaWcsaEg0dvCxeIdHqgX-Iwm17AZP35DyIIxjrvMn9g23H_xv99GSdlIrxWHVthZVLkLGdcfvCq5MmOkym02PDCpl_ODvk9iqnNBtL4fkH9e_8Zw/s72-c/blogpost2a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-7574619579924930905</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-17T09:48:08.851-07:00</atom:updated><title>Hello from the Arctic!</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
  446. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  447. I departed the U.S. on July 8 at the start of an adventure
  448. that has taken me through Sweden, on a ship north to Svalbard, and then
  449. continuing north, north, further north…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  450. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  451. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  452. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  453. The majority of this time will be spent aboard the Swedish
  454. icebreaker &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Oden, &lt;/i&gt;as part of a joint
  455. scientific venture between the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) and
  456. the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) to support the Arctic Ocean 2018
  457. campaign. Most of the scientific work onboard is being conducted under
  458. the umbrella of the MOCCHA campaign (Microbiology – Ocean – Cloud Coupling in
  459. the High Arctic). Research groups from the U.S., Sweden, and across Europe are
  460. all studying different aspects of the complex Arctic climate, including air-sea
  461. exchange, aerosol physics and chemistry, bubble physics, sea ice biology,
  462. seawater chemistry, meteorology, and much more. It is an exciting, unique
  463. opportunity to collaborate with many great scientists in order to better
  464. understand the Arctic.&lt;/div&gt;
  465. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  466. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  467. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  468. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  469. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  470. Most of the science team gathered in Helsingborg, Sweden in
  471. early July to meet &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Oden&lt;/i&gt; in port for
  472. “mobilization”. This was a wild, busy four days of unpacking, organizing, and
  473. setting up equipment on the ship to prepare for the expedition. I was lucky enough to then have a week to travel in Sweden
  474. and Denmark before returning to the ship in Helsingborg on July 20 for the
  475. “transit” to Svalbard. Only a few scientists for this early “preview” of the
  476. expedition, allowing us 10 extra days to continue setting up our
  477. instrumentation. This included many long days of troubleshooting, machining,
  478. cleaning, and rebuilding parts of the sampling set up. But with everyone’s
  479. help, it all came together in the end.&lt;/div&gt;
  480. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  481. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  482. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  483. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  484. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  485. The official start of the expedition (or research “cruise”
  486. as we like to call it) began in Longyearbyen, Svalbard on Aug 1. There, the
  487. rest of the scientists joined the ship, and we were ready to sail north. All
  488. together, on the ship we total 23 crew members, 9 SPRS staff, and 41 scientists.
  489. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  490. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  491. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  492. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  493. The goal is to travel north into the Arctic Ocean pack ice
  494. (aiming for somewhere ~87 – 89 deg N), in order to find a large ice floe to
  495. anchor &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Oden&lt;/i&gt; and set up an ice station
  496. for scientific measurements. Stay tuned as we continue north and into the ice!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  497. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  498. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  499. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  500. - Rachel Kirpes, Pratt Lab PhD student on the Oden!&lt;/div&gt;
  501. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  502. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  503. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  504. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMTllwX-hUkeaXGfJHiwG2V3eEhhHGsk9GuYQwuzyCXQtVOwJnu6k2x0ygQPF0SeEzKxsc6c_F43NF2ZGVjF_DXq8sExOFiOxAEBcWg20Hh8vtu-GUIbt7Q2k9SSTu4ixzbn36sK-ELA/s1600/blog+post1a.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;288&quot; data-original-width=&quot;384&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMTllwX-hUkeaXGfJHiwG2V3eEhhHGsk9GuYQwuzyCXQtVOwJnu6k2x0ygQPF0SeEzKxsc6c_F43NF2ZGVjF_DXq8sExOFiOxAEBcWg20Hh8vtu-GUIbt7Q2k9SSTu4ixzbn36sK-ELA/s1600/blog+post1a.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  505. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Enjoyed some wonderful sunsets during mobilization while working on the 7&lt;sup style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;deck (highest part of the ship)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  506. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  507. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  508. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;256&quot; data-original-width=&quot;384&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTBtXPaUCkX9OiYsrJWxVVojlwIecUD1z1MCYgzXJGcyK_13BY4uuT-l7iOmR0qO8SekucxXS38R_wBa6tDcrodn58oF18-XtHxHb8BjkfJtcGKnwnHdVmbiw6JTwP8HxVw43JgWjLIM/s1600/blog+post1b.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  509. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hit some big waves during the transit!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  510. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  511. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  512. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;384&quot; data-original-width=&quot;288&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyFrhPqCBQ3VkHULpxo5vxRCNjcnYO_9Ah59jpYs6GEa6Qm4unQ8fCNDIT1WsJxjHkGLPauYii1_jugmaXx45_Nh-TQX0x1zthyphenhyphenZne1OpcjmYHHFQ9K8UgXwaxYducA1ApiJ6fR-m8ik/s1600/blog+post1c.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  513. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Enjoyed beautiful weather for most of the transit from Svalbard to Longyearbyen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p style=&quot;font-size: medium; text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  514. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  515. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  516. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyFrhPqCBQ3VkHULpxo5vxRCNjcnYO_9Ah59jpYs6GEa6Qm4unQ8fCNDIT1WsJxjHkGLPauYii1_jugmaXx45_Nh-TQX0x1zthyphenhyphenZne1OpcjmYHHFQ9K8UgXwaxYducA1ApiJ6fR-m8ik/s1600/blog+post1c.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  517. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/08/hello-from-arctic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMTllwX-hUkeaXGfJHiwG2V3eEhhHGsk9GuYQwuzyCXQtVOwJnu6k2x0ygQPF0SeEzKxsc6c_F43NF2ZGVjF_DXq8sExOFiOxAEBcWg20Hh8vtu-GUIbt7Q2k9SSTu4ixzbn36sK-ELA/s72-c/blog+post1a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-7400261669984559</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-30T11:20:17.367-07:00</atom:updated><title>Icebreaker Oden &amp; Rachel arrive in Longyearbyen!</title><description>Pratt Lab PhD student Rachel Kirpes arrives in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway on the Swedish icebreaker Oden after the open ocean cruise from Helsingborg, Sweden!&lt;br /&gt;
  518. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  519. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjSDpHNW4AASTfI.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  520. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
  521. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;@rmkirp: Caught a pic of Oden, my home for the next two months for #ArcticOcean2018 while enjoying a day on land in Longyearbyen before heading (further) north.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  522. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  523. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  524. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/icebreaker-oden-rachel-arrive-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1352186795704476651</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-30T11:15:34.500-07:00</atom:updated><title>DOE ARM Early Career Press Release</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arm.gov/news/features/post/51228&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FOUR NEW DOE EARLY CAREER RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD WINNERS PLAN TO USE ARM MEASUREMENTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  525. &lt;img src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEikgTVXbrRbNyXl3o4zFhHhLqT1qpLzLHHHYHPvoKHUtJQ-UOBnzCeLesVMu874WUfQSm70FNGKjREPwmaQ-vZimW992-ayOq2JjK7k7udut2sJ8jyoEe05zk7VBxIRHP-uJXct8RhRXMa8-ZFIDwWKIqbySmfgbYMn7QMW8wbFxF014wj1fmrYIUFJbbdYDaDICMS-ctlou-8aEIWrRqjNkbt0_kFG2A=s0-d-e1-ft&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/doe-arm-early-career-press-release.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEikgTVXbrRbNyXl3o4zFhHhLqT1qpLzLHHHYHPvoKHUtJQ-UOBnzCeLesVMu874WUfQSm70FNGKjREPwmaQ-vZimW992-ayOq2JjK7k7udut2sJ8jyoEe05zk7VBxIRHP-uJXct8RhRXMa8-ZFIDwWKIqbySmfgbYMn7QMW8wbFxF014wj1fmrYIUFJbbdYDaDICMS-ctlou-8aEIWrRqjNkbt0_kFG2A=s72-c-d-e1-ft" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-8349377423080596408</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-20T13:42:13.318-07:00</atom:updated><title>Summer Group Celebration!</title><description>Tonight we celebrated our research success with the Ault Lab!&lt;br /&gt;
  526. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  527. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4i6rPIr1LT0gdnL7RVGPFT-u30_ayiLyKaTXIq5vdnofKjS1GyobB6NjPR5sURAL2cl8W0Ho0UnqVTvN5cFZltEw1838NNwKwHLvXSIypQYe5qbo-Xmbc2U2ycOwv0OeHtEV_dFdZas/s1600/image.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4i6rPIr1LT0gdnL7RVGPFT-u30_ayiLyKaTXIq5vdnofKjS1GyobB6NjPR5sURAL2cl8W0Ho0UnqVTvN5cFZltEw1838NNwKwHLvXSIypQYe5qbo-Xmbc2U2ycOwv0OeHtEV_dFdZas/s640/image.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  528. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/summer-group-celebration.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4i6rPIr1LT0gdnL7RVGPFT-u30_ayiLyKaTXIq5vdnofKjS1GyobB6NjPR5sURAL2cl8W0Ho0UnqVTvN5cFZltEw1838NNwKwHLvXSIypQYe5qbo-Xmbc2U2ycOwv0OeHtEV_dFdZas/s72-c/image.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-1329764377036990829</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T10:59:29.929-07:00</atom:updated><title>Icebreaker Oden safety training in the Helsingborg News!</title><description>Pratt Lab PhD student Rachel Kirpes is currently in Helsingborg, Sweden on the Swedish Icebreaker Oden preparing instrumentation for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/05/upcoming-joint-swedish-us-arctic-cruise.html&quot;&gt;Arctic Ocean 2018 cruise&lt;/a&gt;! As part of this, she participated in survival training that involved jumping in the ocean in full safety gear.&lt;br /&gt;
  529. &lt;br /&gt;
  530. Helsingborg News Article:&lt;br /&gt;
  531. &lt;img height=&quot;451&quot; src=&quot;https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiFTxwzX4AAmiMF.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  532. &lt;br /&gt;
  533. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  534. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietz_TyqGN45XJkOZpqIcxeGfZXk-PT72U4-w-yn5CR_PECvSX1LbWOsccyFOwcefVKkI_YdaT2D24BzoELFGdxY7LpJoMmmsMp0y7kQDX-7Nll_YcCWAe7zOCEjq1iBbY82-rlwO5zro/s1600/swim+3+w.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;298&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietz_TyqGN45XJkOZpqIcxeGfZXk-PT72U4-w-yn5CR_PECvSX1LbWOsccyFOwcefVKkI_YdaT2D24BzoELFGdxY7LpJoMmmsMp0y7kQDX-7Nll_YcCWAe7zOCEjq1iBbY82-rlwO5zro/s400/swim+3+w.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  535. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Rachel ready to jump off the icebreaker!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  536. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  538. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf3UtKaHqssbdLpPQ2H8eKjuOZjnfIJahKWcjxB2VOWo2Tqp4GLsGp2V3FDlpNkUM8FmO_0BxM8qrDyaLW9AUVixE-wi4Fq1Ub85gy8tJTvn66xEtvPZO2Ioawx8_6To9f_nBCham9MI/s400/IMG_20180711_105418.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  539. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Icebreaker fire hose training!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  540. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  542. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf3UtKaHqssbdLpPQ2H8eKjuOZjnfIJahKWcjxB2VOWo2Tqp4GLsGp2V3FDlpNkUM8FmO_0BxM8qrDyaLW9AUVixE-wi4Fq1Ub85gy8tJTvn66xEtvPZO2Ioawx8_6To9f_nBCham9MI/s1600/IMG_20180711_105418.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf3UtKaHqssbdLpPQ2H8eKjuOZjnfIJahKWcjxB2VOWo2Tqp4GLsGp2V3FDlpNkUM8FmO_0BxM8qrDyaLW9AUVixE-wi4Fq1Ub85gy8tJTvn66xEtvPZO2Ioawx8_6To9f_nBCham9MI/s1600/IMG_20180711_105418.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  543. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/icebreaker-oden-safety-training-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietz_TyqGN45XJkOZpqIcxeGfZXk-PT72U4-w-yn5CR_PECvSX1LbWOsccyFOwcefVKkI_YdaT2D24BzoELFGdxY7LpJoMmmsMp0y7kQDX-7Nll_YcCWAe7zOCEjq1iBbY82-rlwO5zro/s72-c/swim+3+w.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-2283671251839477813</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T11:51:02.521-07:00</atom:updated><title>Summer Group Photo!</title><description>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  544. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;594&quot; src=&quot;https://prattlab.chem.lsa.umich.edu/img/SUMMER2018.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  545. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Back row: Stephen McNamara, Dr. Peter Peterson, Rachel Kirpes, Jeff Spencer, Dr. Qianjie Chen&lt;br /&gt;
  546. Front row: Prof. Kerri Pratt, REU student Savannah Haas, Jamy Lee, Kathryn Kulju, Dr. Jun Liu&lt;br /&gt;
  547. Missing: DRISE student Jasmine Mumpfield, undergrad Claire Mattson&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  548. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  549. </description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/summer-group-photo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-5441274899341379511</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T10:31:01.372-07:00</atom:updated><title>MOSAiC press release and video!</title><description>With funding through a &lt;a href=&quot;https://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/06/prof-pratt-receives-doe-early-career.html&quot;&gt;DOE Early Career Award&lt;/a&gt;, the Pratt Lab will participate in the historic international &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mosaicobservatory.org/index.html&quot;&gt;MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) campaign&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;aboard the German icebreaker Polarstern in the high Arctic from Sept. 2019 - Oct. 2020! Here are recent press releases, articles, and a new video about MOSAiC:&lt;br /&gt;
  550. &lt;br /&gt;
  551. June 2018 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;amp;v=I4JULQ9klqM&quot;&gt;AWI MOSAiC Expedition Video Trailer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  552. June 2018 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.awi.de/nc/en/about-us/service/press/press-release/an-entire-year-trapped-in-the-arctic-ice.html&quot;&gt;Alfred Wegener Institut Press Release&amp;nbsp;&quot;An Entire Year Trapped in the Arctic Ice&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  553. Oct. 2017 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/a-year-on-ice/537912/&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Atlantic&lt;/i&gt; news article &quot;A Year on Ice&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  554. Feb. 2017 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04thvcb&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;BBC News&lt;/i&gt; audio clip &quot;Why scientists want their boat to get stuck in Arctic ice&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  555. Feb. 2017 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024227&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;BBC News&lt;/i&gt; article &quot;Ice-locked ship to drift over North Pole&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  556. &lt;br /&gt;
  557. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/07/mosaic-press-release-and-video.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-9219512049215887427</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T10:21:19.889-07:00</atom:updated><title>Prof. Pratt receives DOE Early Career Award!</title><description>Prof. Pratt was chosen for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-selects-84-scientists-receive-early-career-research-program-funding&quot;&gt;2018 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award&lt;/a&gt;! This funds the Pratt Lab to study Arctic aerosols during DOE ARM field campaigns in Nov.-Dec. 2018 (polar night) in Utqiagvik, Alaska and during the historic international &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mosaicobservatory.org/index.html&quot;&gt;MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) campaign&lt;/a&gt; aboard the German icebreaker Polarstern in the high Arctic from Sept. 2019 - Oct. 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
  558. &lt;br /&gt;
  559. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://lsa.umich.edu/chem/news-events/all-news/search-news/doe-early-career-award-for-kerri-pratt.html&quot;&gt;Univ. of Michigan Chemistry Press Release&lt;/a&gt;!</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/06/prof-pratt-receives-doe-early-career.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572764306338673593.post-9003903726269287840</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-07-18T11:13:43.713-07:00</atom:updated><title>Jun and Jamy perform &quot;surgery&quot; on our ATOFMS!</title><description>Welcome to the Pratt Lab! Here are photos of new postdoc Dr. Jun Liu and PhD student Jamy Lee performing &quot;surgery&quot; on our aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) Maverick!&lt;br /&gt;
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  561. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzY8W1xoUavFYvpU4KreV_c0R2sPG00ur3lHTmkAftOBuV1pP2ozCIu8NAUHn6lXO-UnGupffNCjkQTpdz1MXpKDGBiknVCOq_AmuHzQNenzNd7YndZsJ5IG8L58M7kJgs9rzcGU6ols/s1600/IMG_20180629_150842.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzY8W1xoUavFYvpU4KreV_c0R2sPG00ur3lHTmkAftOBuV1pP2ozCIu8NAUHn6lXO-UnGupffNCjkQTpdz1MXpKDGBiknVCOq_AmuHzQNenzNd7YndZsJ5IG8L58M7kJgs9rzcGU6ols/s400/IMG_20180629_150842.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  566. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://prattlab.blogspot.com/2018/06/jun-and-jamy-perform-surgery-on-our.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kerri Pratt)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzY8W1xoUavFYvpU4KreV_c0R2sPG00ur3lHTmkAftOBuV1pP2ozCIu8NAUHn6lXO-UnGupffNCjkQTpdz1MXpKDGBiknVCOq_AmuHzQNenzNd7YndZsJ5IG8L58M7kJgs9rzcGU6ols/s72-c/IMG_20180629_150842.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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