http://blog.oldweather.org A Zooniverse Project Blog Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/08/the-voyage-of-usrc-thetis-april-to-september-1884/#comment-282 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:59:46 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=808#comment-282 [...] the Thetis’ observations with modern observations of sea-ice in the same place – as we do with temperature, pressure wind etc. This is a challenge, because modern observations come mostly from satellites; they are precise and [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/16/usrc-thetis-and-the-lady-franklin-bay-expedition/#comment-281 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:59:41 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=876#comment-281 [...] but the log of the Thetis does say a lot about sea-ice. This isn’t surprising: they were sent to rescue the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1884 because two previous resupply expeditions (in 1882 and [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/08/12/roaring-buzzing-wheezing-and-shrieking/#comment-280 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:59:38 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=746#comment-280 [...] don’t mention what it sounded like, but the log of the Thetis does say a lot about sea-ice. This isn’t surprising: they were [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/11/from-the-stacks-at-the-u-s-national-archives/#comment-269 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:47:45 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=858#comment-269 [...] that they can join in. So as part of the oldWeather-Arctic launch we held a press event, hosted by our friends at the National Archives in Washington and splendidly organised by Linda Joy, from NOAA [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/24/oldweather-arctic/#comment-268 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:47:43 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=853#comment-268 [...] not enough just to launch an exciting new project. We also have to tell everybody it’s started so they know that they can join in. So as part [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/16/usrc-thetis-and-the-lady-franklin-bay-expedition/#comment-266 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:28:39 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=876#comment-266 [...] records, and anything else you read and think is interesting or notable. There will be plenty of notable historical events: the dangers of sailing through the ice add a lot of drama to the stories in the logs – [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/10/08/the-voyage-of-usrc-thetis-april-to-september-1884/#comment-265 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:28:37 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=808#comment-265 [...] still looking for all weather records, and anything else you read and think is interesting or notable. There will be plenty of notable [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/08/30/ship-histories-120-and-counting/#comment-258 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:04:41 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=757#comment-258 What an extraordinary achievement! I’d love to volunteer for such a project. Let me know if you need assistance.

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/07/23/one-million-six-hundred-thousand-new-observations/#comment-248 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:27:39 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=707#comment-248 [...] two years on and 1.6 million data points later, the project is done. The climate data is only beginning to be analyzed, and the project itself is [...]

]]> http://blog.oldweather.org/2012/08/30/ship-histories-120-and-counting/#comment-220 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:30:52 +0000 http://blog.oldweather.org/?p=757#comment-220 [...] contribution to the project – some pages are much harder to read than others, and people also edit the ship histories, provide support and advice on the forum, and act as ambassadors for the project with other [...]

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