You can help!

Help scientists recover Arctic weather observations made by explorers. These transcriptions will contribute to climate model projections and improve a database of weather extremes. Historians will use your work to track past ship movements and the stories of the people on board.

Students contribute to the Arctic Rediscovery Project in a variety of ways – from working directly with scientists and archivists on data recovery projects to conducting field experiments.

The changing Arctic climate is a harbinger of a global future, but to understand emerging patterns we need to know more about the past history of the Earth’s weather. The handwritten journals and logbooks of scientists and sailors who for centuries have left records of the weather and environmental conditions they encountered on their travels provide unique information about the history of the Arctic climate.

You can help!

This project is supported by NOAA Arctic Research.