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What's New

The U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear and an unidentified whaling ship contend with the sea ice in the Alaskan Arctic. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum Jarvis Collection.

 

The U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear and an unidentified whaling ship contend with the sea ice in the Alaskan Arctic. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum Jarvis Collection.

December 03, 2015

 

Today marks the official launch of Old Weather: Whaling, a citizen science research initiative that will help scientists analyze historical data from whaling logbooks, in an effort to improve our understanding of long-term climate variability and weather patterns from the 19th century through today.

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Old Weather

Our Weather's Past, the Climate's Future

Old Weather thumb (log book image)

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.

 

www.oldweather.org

Student Projects

High School & University Partners

Student projects (student image)

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.