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The Saga of Des Groseilliers
The Saga of Des Groseilliers
Adrift
with the Ice in the Beaufort Sea
By Robert Ghormley, II
Edited by Douglas Ghormley
For six weeks in early 1998, Robert Ghormley was on temporary assignment on a floating ice pack, roughly 200 miles north of Alaska. He was there at Ice Station SHEBA, studying the rate of heat loss through the ice in the northern seas.
This is the chronicle of his journey...All the digital pictures are now in an image gallery.
The Story
- First Message, January 9th
- Chapter 1, January 11th
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3, January 13th
- Chapter 4, January 19th
- Interim report 1
- Chapter 5, January 24th
- Chapter 6, January 26th
- Chapter 7, January 27th
- Interim report 2, January 28th, 1998, 3 A.M.
- Interim report 3, January 28th, 1998
- Interim report 4, January 29th, 1998
- Interim report 5, January 31st, 1998
- Interim report 6, February 1st, 1998
- Chapter 8, February 2nd
- Chapter 9, February 3rd
- Questions and Answers
For More Information
Click here for the official SHEBA web site, complete with images and a map of the position of the Des Groseilliers as it drifted with the ice.The Saga of Des Groseilliers is Copyright (C) 1998 by Robert C. Ghormley, II. All rights reserved! Feel free to show it to your friends, but all rights for this gripping, true-to-life drama are expressly held by Mr. Ghormley.