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<title><![CDATA[Sunning Seal]]></title>
<link>http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/sunning-seal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>colonelkorne</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Seal enjoying a little polar sun]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Polar Careers: Bjorn Johns, UNAVCO's Polar Services Manager]]></title>
<link>http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/polar-careers-bjorn-johns-unavcos-polar-services-manager/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>polarfieldservice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/polar-careers-bjorn-johns-unavcos-polar-services-manager/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bjorn Johns, Polar Services Manager at UNAVCO, has always loved the arctic. Pictured here backpackin]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_2048" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/backpackingnorway1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2048" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/backpackingnorway1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bjorn Johns, Polar Services Manager at UNAVCO, has always loved the arctic. Pictured here backpacking in Svalbard, Norway. All photos courtesy Bjorn Johns</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>At Work</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong></strong>When Bjorn Johns, 45<strong>, </strong>joined the Boulder-based <a href="http://www.unavco.org/" target="_blank">UNAVCO</a> in 1993, the adventurous explorer did not anticipate he&#8217;d found his professional calling. To be sure, the freshly-minted engineer had recently graduated with a master&#8217;s degree from the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/" target="_blank">University of Colorado at Boulder</a>, and the position at the non-profit organization, which supports scientific research around the globe using high-precision GPS technology, promised to send him to exotic locales to set up remote measuring stations. But the fieldwork was &#8220;logistically challenging, and not necessarily intellectually challenging,&#8221; says Johns, who then held the position of field engineer.</p>
<div id="attachment_2036" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mccallglaciersurvey.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2036" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mccallglaciersurvey.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bjorn Johns surveys the McCall Glacier. </p></div>
<p>But a year after starting with UNAVCO, he landed the opportunity of a lifetime. UNAVCO was awarded a subcontract in Antarctica and selected three employees to spend the months of November 1994 – February 1995 on the ice. It was a dream assignment for the son of a Norwegian mother who had spent many formative years in his early childhood in the Scandinavian town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesna" target="_blank">Nesna</a>, just south of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle" target="_blank">Arctic Circle.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle" target="_blank"></a>&#8220;That made the connection for me that there are potential professional opportunities that could combine my engineering with my passion,&#8221; says Johns.</p>
<p>Prior to that, Johns said he expected his career to consist of &#8220;working in reasonably sterile cubeland doing exciting engineering work.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Career Before the Poles</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>And for a while, he proved himself right. After graduating from <a href="http://www.ucdavis.edu/index.html" target="_blank">U.C. Davis</a> with mechanical and aeronautical engineering undergraduate degrees and spending a year as a ski bum in Truckee, Calif., Johns began working as a civilian for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Alameda" target="_blank">U.S. Navy in Alameda</a>. His routine quickly evolved to support a weekend warrior mountain habit; Johns spent Friday nights racing to the Sierra from the San Francisco Bay area, and then fighting traffic at the weekend&#8217;s conclusion in order to show up at work on time by Monday.</p>
<p>After three years, he decided something needed to change, applied to graduate school and chose to attend Boulder. Despite Boulder&#8217;s prevalence of scientists and institutes that focus on polar regions, Johns wasn&#8217;t yet thinking he could pursue a career that would take him to remote ice- and snow-covered landscapes where the wildlife likely outnumbers the people.</p>
<p>Then he got the opportunity to work on the southernmost continent. In Antarctica, Johns met Jocelyn Turnbull (the two would marry in 2001), and he sowed the seeds for his ultimate dream job at UNAVCO: creating and managing a polar component.</p>
<div id="attachment_2037" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mime-attachment-2.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2037" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mime-attachment-2.jpeg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Love on the ice: Jocelyn Turnbull and Bjorn Johns. </p></div>
<p>&#8220;At this point, GPS was new and had widespread application for science,&#8221; says Johns. &#8220;I saw a need for [focused support from UNAVCO] for polar research and precision GPS.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Innovation</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Johns talked his boss into appointing him head of the <a href="http://facility.unavco.org/highlights/2009/antarctica.html" target="_blank">UNAVCO Polar Group</a> and began growing the team, which provides GPS equipment and technical support for high-precision geodetic measurement needs in polar research. In 13 years, the group has grown to six dedicated employees and supports roughly 50 projects split evenly between the Arctic and the Antarctic. During the <a href="http://www.ipy.org/" target="_blank">International Polar Year</a>, the team developed a new generation of power and communications systems optimized for easy deployment and reliable, multi-year operation in severe polar environments.</p>
<p>Available as kits to researchers, these systems endure years of harsh weather without requiring regular maintenance, and they provide continuous data recording. The systems weigh 1,000 pounds and use wind and solar power to charge batteries. The science data collected is retrieved via the Iridium satellite system. The system&#8217;s efficient design and ability to operate remotely can help scientists collect critical data while minimizing flights (and saving money spent on costly logistics).</p>
<div id="attachment_2038" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/powerkit.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2038" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/powerkit.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="190" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The installed UNAVCO power kit only requires maintenance every two years. </p></div>
<p>Prior to the development of these systems, scientists were responsible for creating their own solutions to operate GPS equipment at remote places in extreme temperatures. Developing these polar kits provided one of the the intellectual challenges that Johns originally sought as he launched his career.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><strong>Polar Fascination</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Being half Norwegian (his other &#8220;half&#8221; is Californian), Johns experienced the Arctic at an early age. He describes Nesna as a &#8220;small, safe town.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In the summer, a bunch of eight-year olds would roam the street until it got around midnight and their parents would finally come looking for them,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p>In Nesna, Johns developed an interest in the natural world. He and his friends would explore the nearby mountains, and in the summer, he would take out a boat and explore the water.However, it was his grandfather, Kolbjorn Spilhaug, who inspired him with polar fascination. An officer in the Norwegian army in World War II, Spilhaug fled Norway after the German invasion.</p>
<p>After regrouping with other officers in England, he was deployed to Iceland and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen" target="_blank">Jan Mayen</a>, a strategic island with a critical weather research station. Spilhaug’s squadron trained American GIs in arctic warfare, and developed a tight camaraderie.Following the war, those friends often visited Spilhaug, and their friendship piqued Johns&#8217;s curiosity. In addition, his grandfather kept a trove of Arctic memorabilia, including a knife made from a German reconnaissance plane that crashed on Jan Mayen. Pictures of sled dogs in Greenland and aviation books from the period inspired his imagination. When Johns was 18, his mother passed on to him a memoir written by his grandfather recounting his days in the Arctic. The writing brought the Arctic to life for the young man.</p>
<p><strong>Family Life</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>In the years since joining UNAVCO and growing the Polar Team, Johns has continued to feed his travel bug. He&#8217;s visited remote sites at both poles, and continued to pursue his love of the outdoors. From his home base in Boulder, he skis, bicycles, and rock climbs, and Turnbull, a New Zealand-native, shares in his passion.The two recently became parents and their infant son, Cameron, already has a passport and tickets to Chile (Christmas), California, and New Zealand. His car seat fits in the ski sled, and during an early season blizzard in Colorado&#8217;s Front Range, Cameron (indirectly) made his first tracks.</p>
<div id="attachment_2040" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sledshakedown1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2040" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sledshakedown1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lucky kid! Bjorn&#39;s son Cameron skis before he can walk. </p></div>
<p>&#8220;We have been pretty determined from the start to get Cameron out so the outdoors are just a part of his life,&#8221; says Johns. &#8220;I want him to know how it feels before he is even conscious of it going on.&#8221;Still he concedes that the upcoming travels are as much for Johns and Turnbull as they are for their son.&#8221;These trips are all about training us,&#8221; he says.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Baby Seal]]></title>
<link>http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/baby-seal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>colonelkorne</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/baby-seal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Baby Seal]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Polar Bear Cub]]></title>
<link>http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/polar-bear-cub/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>colonelkorne</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/polar-bear-cub/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is one in a series called &#8220;Polar Pals&#8221; that I am doing]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is one in a series called &#8220;Polar Pals&#8221; that I am doing<a href="http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/polar-bear-002.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-152" title="Polar Bear Cub" src="http://ckclipart.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/polar-bear-002.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="221" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[It's December!  ]]></title>
<link>http://plegcblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/its-december/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>plegcblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://plegcblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/its-december/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All Aboard the Polar Express @ Your Library! To welcome in the holiday season, the Public Library of]]></description>
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<p>To welcome in the holiday season, the Public Library of Enid &#38; Garfield County will be having a First Friday Polar Express Party!  Stop by the Library on December 4<sup>th</sup> from 6-9 p.m. for Christmas carols sung by McKinley and Taft Elementary choirs, cookie decorating, ornament making, and more for the whole family!  Includes a visit from Jolly Ol’ St. Nick himself. </p>
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<p><strong>Friends of the Library BOOK SALE</strong></p>
<p>The Friends are having a holiday book sale in the Great Plains Room on December 3-5, 2009.  Thursday night from 6-8:30 is Preview Night for members only.  Membership is $10.00.  Friday the sale is open from 10-8, so you can shop while also attending our First Friday event that evening.  Saturday is All You Can Fit in a Grocery Sack for $1.00 from 10-4.</p>
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<p><strong>Craft Corner</strong></p>
<p>Stop by the Library on Wednesday, December 9th @ 7:00 p.m. for a class in <em>Holiday Fascinators &#38; Feathers</em>.  What’s a fascinator?  It’s a festive hair ornament that’s more than barrette, and a little less than a hat.  They’re back in style, and we’re showing you how to make one to wear for holiday party-going!  We are also offering a <em>Basic Jewelry Making: Earrings</em> class on Thursday, December 10th at 6:30 p.m. Learn a few new skills &#38; make a beautiful pair of handmade earrings!  All of the supplies are provided for you to create a small piece of wearable art.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://plegcblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/santa.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-352" title="Santa" src="http://plegcblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/santa.jpg?w=247" alt="" width="247" height="300" /></a>The Case for Santa Claus—MAD SCIENTIST</strong></p>
<p>The Mad Scientist will be at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center on Monday December 21st at 3:30 p.m.  Mark your calendars for this free program. Learn how reindeers fly, how Santa comes down the chimney, and see many more fun experiments as he explains the scientific mysteries of Santa and makes the case for Santa Claus.  For children of all ages.</p>
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<p>For more information about these and other programs, please call the Library at 234-6313, or visit us online: <a title="http://www.enid.org/library" href="http://www.enid.org/library">www.enid.org/library</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Random Writing]]></title>
<link>http://alikiya.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/random-writing/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alikiya</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well, this would be under the category of Random Writing, if I could remember what I had wanted to write. I was in math today was thinking of new poems, and I came up with this really good one, and then I was writing notes down at the time, so I wasn&#8217;t able to write it down. The first moment I got, I went to write it down, and I totally forgot what I had wanted to write&#8230; eh. It&#8217;ll come to me eventually.</p>
<p>A few days ago, a friend of mine got me some like body spritz or something at just some random whim, like she does sometimes. I liked the smell, and sprayed it on my hand then put it in my backpack. Today, I was pulling out my books and my back pack smelt oddly of blue freezies, the same smell of that body spritz. I dug through my backpack and found out that the bottle had leaked everywhere&#8230; and now, everywhere I go, everything I take out, and every time I go near my backpack, they all smell like blueberries. I think it&#8217;s going to make me sick soon. Me + perfume, or scents = major stomach turning.</p>
<p>Currently: Doing Math and breathing in way too much blueberry scent</p>
<p>Reading: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (1/4 through&#8230;)</p>
<p>Listening to: When Christmas Comes to Town by whoever plays the kids in Polar Express&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[polar by pierre michael]]></title>
<link>http://panacosmin.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/polar-by-pierre-michael/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cosmin Pana</dc:creator>
<guid>http://panacosmin.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/polar-by-pierre-michael/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[It's really not about polar bears any more...]]></title>
<link>http://nummer15.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/its-really-not-about-polar-bears-any-more/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nilsn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nummer15.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/its-really-not-about-polar-bears-any-more/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[youtube.com Mehr auf www.planestupid.com]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxis7Y1ikIQ">youtube.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Mehr auf <a title="planestupid.com/" href="http://www.planestupid.com/">www.planestupid.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Winter sports]]></title>
<link>http://natureviewphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/winter-sports/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arjen Drost</dc:creator>
<guid>http://natureviewphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/winter-sports/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Psalm II ]]></title>
<link>http://crissminea.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/psalm-ii/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>swannehals</dc:creator>
<guid>http://crissminea.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/psalm-ii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[M-a nins zăpada toată, zăpada asta tristă cu miros de cenuşă. În mine s-a închis cu zgomot o uşă. Ci]]></description>
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zăpada asta tristă cu miros de cenuşă.<br />
În mine s-a închis cu zgomot o uşă.<br />
Cimitirul e un fel de banchiză polară,<br />
unde lumina a clipit pentru ultima oară.<br />
Rănile mele sunt pârtii de schi.<br />
Aş putea să dansez…<br />
Nu-mi mai este dor de moarte (ca ieri),<br />
dar nici de tine,<br />
cea care am fost şi nu mai sunt<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Botosei din jeans]]></title>
<link>http://rochite.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/botose-din-jeans/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rochite</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rochite.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/botose-din-jeans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Botosei din jeans captusiti cu &#8220;polar&#8221; , marime 10cm.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I'm Back...Again!]]></title>
<link>http://toneandtighten.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/im-back-again/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PRStrategist</dc:creator>
<guid>http://toneandtighten.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/im-back-again/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I need to do a beter job of keeping up with my blogs! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been nearly f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I need to do a beter job of keeping up with my blogs! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been nearly four months since I&#8217;ve come on this. Well, let me update you.</p>
<p>I tried the Cathy Savage Workouts. I was really excited about it, but I didn&#8217;t see any results. Of course, you get what you give, and I honestly didn&#8217;t give 100%. Even though I miss working out, the Cathy Savage Workouts bored the hell out of me. I need constant stimulation and getting monthly workouts in a spread sheet didn&#8217;t cut it for me.</p>
<p>So&#8230;I was watching YouTube and saw that a lot of people got fantastic results from p90x. I know you&#8217;re wondering if I bought it. Nope, I didn&#8217;t. Instead, I bought Shaun T&#8217;s Insanity for $150. It&#8217;s a 60-day intense cardio workout with plyometrics, body weight strength training, athletic drills and hardcore cardio. Although I loathe cardio, I thought the intense activity in the training would be better than just running on a treadmill. I should get it by the end of next week &#8211; I&#8217;m SO excited!</p>
<p>I also bought a Polar F6 heart rate monitor. I love that it tracks the calories burned during workouts &#8211; that&#8217;s the only reason I purchased it for $100 from Overstock.com. Plus, Overstock has a $1 shipping promo going on. Anyway, the calories burned feature on the HRM will help me determine how many calories I should consume each day to reach my goal.</p>
<p>Until next time&#8230;peace!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nelson Bocaranda S. // Runrunes 26-11-2009]]></title>
<link>http://towelto.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/nelson-bocaranda-s-runrunes-26-10-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>towelto</dc:creator>
<guid>http://towelto.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/nelson-bocaranda-s-runrunes-26-10-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Diario El Universal, Venezuela Opinión. Runrunes Nelson Bocaranda S. Nelson Bocaranda El caudillo es]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Polar F6 Heart Rate Monitor, Black Coal 1 ea]]></title>
<link>http://satavut.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/polar-f6-heart-rate-monitor-black-coal-1-ea/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>satavut</dc:creator>
<guid>http://satavut.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/polar-f6-heart-rate-monitor-black-coal-1-ea/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Lettres de noblesse]]></title>
<link>http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/lettres-de-noblesse/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/lettres-de-noblesse/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[S’il fallait encore une preuve que le roman policier a maintenant acquis, dans le monde des lettres,]]></description>
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<p>S’il fallait encore une preuve que le roman policier a maintenant acquis, dans le monde des lettres, une légitimité qui lui a longtemps été refusée, cela pourrait être la récente parution dans la noble collection Quarto de chez Gallimard des romans de<strong> </strong>Dashiell Hammett, dans une nouvelle traduction de Nathalie Beunat et Pierre Bondil.</p>
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<p><a href="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hammett-quarto.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-796" title="hammett-quarto" src="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hammett-quarto.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="320" /></a>Parution nécessaire, car « cette oeuvre essentielle n’était pourtant toujours pas accessible, en France, dans une traduction fidèle », indique le <a href="http://www.magazine-litteraire.com/content/critiques/article.html?id=14762"><em>Magazine littéraire</em></a> dans un excellent article. La nouvelle édition souhaite restituer Hammett « au plus près de son style, selon Françoise Cibiel, responsable de la collection de Gallimard qui, depuis cinq ans maintenant, tente de redonner vie à une oeuvre malmenée par le temps. Et par les tontons flingueurs de la Série Noire, où il fut publié initialement. Passés au tamis des codes de l’institution de Marcel Duhamel, les dialogues secs de Hammett se sont mués en un argot année 1940, entre la gouaille d’Arletty et le patois d’Auguste Le Breton. (…)</p>
<p>‘Avec une sécheresse de ton, il campe en quelques lignes une situation qui, à l’épreuve de l’argot franchouillard, ne tenait plus’, explique la traductrice Natalie Beunat qui, trois ans durant, avec Pierre Bondil, s’est immergée dans la noirceur de Hammett. En repartant des versions originales : la Série Noire coupait sauvagement dans les textes afin qu’ils ne dépassent pas les deux cent cinquante pages. Ainsi, 30 % de la  <em>Moisson</em><em> rouge</em> avait disparu et des coups de ciseaux ont rendu <em>La Clé</em><em> de verre</em> tout bonnement incompréhensible. »</p>
<p>Soyons honnêtes : les auteurs de polars, et non les moindres, Raymond Chandler en tête, ont toujours considéré Hammett comme un des piliers du roman noir moderne. John Huston a porté à l’écran le <em>Faucon maltais</em>, dans ce qui est devenu un film mythique (1941), et Wim Wenders a fait de Hammett le personnage principal du film éponyme (1982).</p>
<div id="attachment_797" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 505px"><a href="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/falcon.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-797" title="falcon" src="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/falcon.jpg" alt="" width="495" height="368" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Le Faucon maltais (image Allociné) - de g. à dr. : Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet</p></div>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/expo-hammett1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-799" title="hammett_affiche.indd" src="http://2009sediments.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/expo-hammett1.jpg" alt="" width="353" height="500" /></a>Samuel Dashiell Hammett est né le 27 mai 1894 dans le Maryland. Il travaille cinq ans comme détective privé pour le compte de l’Agence Pinkerton, puis commence à écrire des nouvelles policières au début des années 1920 pour les pulp magazines, notamment pour le plus célèbre d’entre eux : <em>Black Mask</em>.</p>
<p>Il devient très vite le chef de file d’une nouvelle école d’écriture appelée l’école des « durs à cuire » (hard-boiled). En utilisant son expérience de détective, il révolutionne la fiction policière en y ajoutant un élément novateur : la vraisemblance. Son style nerveux se reconnaît à ses phrases courtes, ses dialogues incisifs. Il introduit pour la première fois le langage de la rue et l’argot. Scénariste pour les studios à Hollywood, il partage la vie de la dramaturge Lillian Hellman durant trente ans.</p>
<p>Engagé politiquement aux côtés de la gauche américaine, il est convoqué deux fois devant les tribunaux pendant la période maccarthyste, en 1951 et en 1953, et condamné à six mois de prison. Hammett a publié cinq romans et plus d’une cinquantaine de nouvelles. On le considère comme le père fondateur du roman noir américain. Il meurt au Lenox Hill Hospital de New York le 10 janvier 1961. (source : Bilipo)<strong> </strong></p>
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<p>Hammett est également à l’honneur cet hiver à Paris à la <a href="http://www.paris.fr/portail/Culture/Portal.lut?page_id=102&#38;document_type_id=2&#38;document_id=75797&#38;portlet_id=21966">Bibliothèque des littératures policières</a> (Bilipo), qui lui consacre une exposition intitulée <em>Le mystère  Hammett, la naissance du roman noir </em>(jusqu’au 27 mars 2010).<strong><a href="http://www.paris.fr/portail/Culture/Portal.lut?page_id=102&#38;document_type_id=2&#38;document_id=75797&#38;portlet_id=21966"><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Saco piernas libres!]]></title>
<link>http://bebetistan.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/saco-piernas-libres/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>losbebesdepiedrapapelytijera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bebetistan.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/saco-piernas-libres/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este saco para sillita de paseo es realmente interesante&#8230; Se puede llevar cerrado o como chale]]></description>
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<p>Se puede llevar cerrado o como chaleco, tiene las piernas separadas para que el bebe tenga libertad de movimientos, interior forrado de lana suave y con los 5 puntos de seguridad para el arnés de la silla&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Midnight running (Wong Chung-ning, 2006): chronique preview]]></title>
<link>http://cineablog.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/midnight-running-wong-chung-ning-2006-chronique-preview/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cinéablog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cineablog.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/midnight-running-wong-chung-ning-2006-chronique-preview/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Quitter l'île de Brännö]]></title>
<link>http://carnetsnoirs.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/quitter-lile-de-branno/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Morgane</dc:creator>
<guid>http://carnetsnoirs.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/quitter-lile-de-branno/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tout commence par une voiture vide, abandonnée près du pont d&#8217;Älvorg. Un coup de feu a été tir]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Tout commence par une voiture vide, abandonnée près du pont d&#8217;<span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;">Ä</span>lvorg. Un coup de feu a été tiré à l&#8217;intérieur mais pas de corps et pas de sang. Plus tard, ailleurs, un homme a des problèmes avec son voisin qui écoute la musique trop fort. Des vies se croisent: un écrivain, un politicien, un truand. Quel lien les unit, y en-t-il seulement un?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://carnetsnoirs.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/presque-mort.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-392" title="Presque mort" src="http://carnetsnoirs.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/presque-mort.jpg?w=189" alt="" width="189" height="300" /></a>Au milieu de tout cela, le commissaire Erik Winter craint pour sa santé et a un sérieux mal de tête, sa relation avec sa femme s&#8217;en ressent et sa mère rentre d&#8217;Espagne, rien n&#8217;est simple. Il lui faut en outre gérer ses coéquipiers, eux-mêmes confrontés à leur vie personnelle pas toujours facile à accepter.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Comme dans certains romans précédents, le récit alterne entre passé et présent sans presque l&#8217;indiquer. L&#8217;enquête va les amener trente ans plus tôt, avec la disparition d&#8217;une jeune fille qui n&#8217;a jamais été élucidée.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le rythme d&#8217;Edwardson est lent, il nous promène d&#8217;une personne à l&#8217;autre, de situation en situation. Le suspense se crée sans même que le lecteur s&#8217;en rende compte. Ce n&#8217;est clairement pas une lecture pour les amateurs de thriller à l&#8217;américaine. Et pourtant, ils manqueraient quelque chose.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L&#8217;intrigue est parfaitement montée, on dénoue les fils qui unissent les personnages un par un, sans se presser, jusqu&#8217;au dénouement final, brutal et définitif. L&#8217;ambiance est installée presque sans y penser mettant le lecteur mal à l&#8217;aise, gêné sans même savoir pourquoi. L&#8217;atmosphère est sombre. Jusqu&#8217;à quel point un policier peut-il se lier avec un gangster? D&#8217;autres auteurs se sont déjà posés la question mais Edwardson y touche avec son ton si particulier. Il parle aussi de vengeance, de sang-froid et du passé qui ne nous lâche pas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Erik Winter est à l&#8217;opposé des héros habituels du polar, sauf peut-être dans son lien à l&#8217;alcool qui soigne les migraines mieux que personne. Il est élégant, distingué et semble totalement détaché et pourtant, lui aussi veut comprendre, toujours.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;">Åke Edwardson</span>, <em>Presque mort</em>, JC Lattès, 2009 (<em>N<span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;">ästan Död Man</span></em>, 2007) traduit du suédois par Marie-Hélène Archambeaud.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[10 facts about... Polar Bears]]></title>
<link>http://crazycreatures.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/10-facts-polar/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SKIPPY</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Polar Bears 1. The Polar Bear is the largest land carnivore on the planet. Although the Kodiak brown]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Une Affaire d'État" de Eric Valette]]></title>
<link>http://versusmag.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/une-affaire-detat-de-eric-valette/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>versusmag</dc:creator>
<guid>http://versusmag.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/une-affaire-detat-de-eric-valette/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Après un premier film dont nous ne dirons jamais assez de bien (Maléfique), Eric Valette semblait s’]]></description>
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<p>Après un premier film dont nous ne dirons jamais assez de bien (<strong>Maléfique</strong>), Eric Valette semblait s’être perdu au cœur du système, rattrapé par l’envie, légitime, de percer dans le genre de l’autre côté de l’Atlantique, mais contraint d’abandonner aux mains des producteurs du <em>remake</em> de <strong>La Mort en ligne</strong>, ses velléités de réalisateur à personnalité prometteuse, offensive. Une mauvaise expérience suivie par la formalisation d’une série B (<strong>Hybrid</strong>) sous petite influence Cameron / Carpenter – si l’on se réfère en tout cas à sa bande-annonce aux tonalités volontairement <em>eighties</em> et marquée par l’empreinte fantastique de ces deux grands (une voiture « possédée » par le diable s’en prend aux résidents de nuit du garage d’un poste de police). En attendant la sortie de cet opus <em>a priori</em> un peu fauché mais sans doute très roboratif, le spectateur se réjouira du retour aux affaires du toulousain en Hexagone. Désireux de renouer avec une tendance disparue du cinéma français (le <em>thriller</em> politique engagé façon <strong>Le juge Fayard</strong> d’Yves Boisset ; 1977, tout de même !) tout en intégrant les archétypes jouissifs du polar américain, Eric Valette signe avec <strong>Une Affaire d’État </strong> le meilleur film de sa carrière mais aussi de l’année voire de la décennie dans nos frontières sclérosées par une cinématographie de fiction nombriliste et peu concernée par l’état du monde. Si l’on vous dit qu’en plus il est adapté du roman (<em>Nos Fantastiques années fric</em>) écrit par une auteure (Dominique Manotti) revendiquant clairement une construction à la James Ellroy et bien connue pour son traitement sans concession de la corruption de certains milieux d’affaires et politiques ; que Valette lui-même réinjecte cette appréhension mouvementée, composée d’une infinité de nuances dans la noirceur, d’un univers violent, décadent et fortement dénonciateur ; qu’il n’a pas été produit par les chaînes hertziennes nationales (le fléau de notre production cinématographique : quand le petit écran formate et décide du grand, voyez ce que ça donne toute l’année), il ne vous reste en principe aucune excuse pour ne pas courir le voir dès sa sortie. </p>
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<p><strong>Une Affaire d’État</strong> ne ressemble à aucun autre film français récent et, bien qu’exploitant une caractérisation typiquement <em>hardboiled</em>, ne se complaît jamais dans l’imitation décadrée du film noir américain mâtiné de <em>thriller</em> paranoïaque et violent : il intègre ces genres tout en restant lui-même et vous vous surprendrez à trouver qu’à travers la vision particulière de Valette, Paris la nuit puisse paraître aussi vénéneuse, nébuleuse, comploteuse qu’une Washington en pleine malversation chez Pakula ou qu’une San Francisco criminelle chez Don Siegel.<br />
Le film tisse une toile de corruption, de meurtres et de trahisons politiques autour de deux événements que des milliers de kilomètres séparent : l’explosion d’un avion transportant des armes de fabrication française au-dessus du Golfe de Guinée, et l’assassinat dans un parking parisien d’une <em>escort girl</em> / indic d’un photographe <em>people</em> en quête de révélations de secrets d’État. Autour de ces intrigues qui n’en formeront bientôt qu’une, gravitent l’inspectrice nerveuse Nora Chayd (Rachida Brakni, efficace et juste), le Monsieur Afrique officieux du gouvernement Victor Bornand (André Dussolier, terrifiant de réalisme étatique) et son homme de main Michel Fernandez (Thierry Frémont, magnétique, crépusculaire, glaçant), un ancien des services de renseignements. </p>
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<p>En s’attelant à un sujet aux ramifications internationales, Eric Valette insuffle à son film la vision universelle du genre qu’il sert, vision qu’il manque à la majorité de nos productions même volontaristes. Le réalisateur rejette toute idée de film-débat à thèse et au rayonnement documentaire pour privilégier le divertissement solide où s’imbriquent realpolitik et ténébreuses actualités, scandales en général (mercenaires et sociétés écrans), dessous de la Françafrique en particulier : le sous-texte d’<strong>Une Affaire d’État</strong> convoque ainsi dans un climat très barbouzard les figures compromises de la société civile et affairiste française voire internationale. Derrière Bornand / Dussolier se profile l’image du tutélaire et grand ordonnateur Jacques Foccart (secrétaire d’Etat aux affaires africaines et malgaches du Général de Gaulle), référence à laquelle s’ajoutent les échos de l’Angolagate, des influences exercées par les services secrets et de contre-espionnage sur des marchands de mort comme Jacques Monsieur ou Pierre Falcone, des négociations / triturations mercantiles de sociétés comme la Sofremi (une entité dépendante du Ministère de l’Intérieur, d’ailleurs dirigé par Charles Pasqua au moment de l’affaire du trafic d’armes vers l’Angola) que n’hésitait pas à saisir la DST (devenue depuis la DCRI) ; sans oublier les réminiscences de la guerre civile du Congo Brazzaville en 1997, au cours de laquelle la compagnie Elf accepta de prêter de l’argent destiné à payer des armes (grâce à des contrats de préfinancement) au gouvernement de Pascal Lissouba dans sa lutte contre l’ancien Président Denis Sassou N’Guesso. Ce sont aussi des trafics d’influence plus étendus encore (drogue, réseaux de prostitution huppés, guerre des services de renseignements) que pointe en fligrane le film de Valette, suspendant toute démonstration géopolitique péremptoire pour conduire un récit flamboyant à l’équilibre parfait entre action et conversations secrètes. </p>
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<p><strong>Une Affaire d’État</strong> peut ainsi se prévaloir d’un formalisme sec et soigné, dénué d’ostentation et de surcharge : l’action domine le récit sans sacrifier au chaos des sens ni au brouillage visuel ; tout est frontal, donc d’autant plus brutal. Les personnages et situations s’avèrent bien trempés dans un univers ambigü aux éclairages marqués : entre l’inspectrice en quête de vérité (mention spéciale également à son chef interprété par l&#8217;excellent Gérald Laroche, dont Valette, Xavier Durringer et Olivier Marchal sont les seuls à avoir appréhendé tout le talent) et le corrompu Bornand s’étend ainsi toute une zone de gris, représentée par Fernandez, un anti-héros violent pris dans un engrenage de jeux de pouvoir, caractère tout droit sorti d’un roman d’Ellroy. À cet égard, Valette gère les incursions de ses protagonistes comme le Maître du polar US, déambulant entre les existences jusqu’à les faire se croiser (mise en scène que renforce ici l’utilisation de thèmes musicaux spécifiques à des personnages), s’affronter, s’équilibrer dans le bien et le mal, dans la pureté et la manipulation. Fernandez s’impose ici comme le point nodal de l’intrigue, le mal nécessaire d’un monde corrompu dont les héros ne sont plus les figures droites de l’âge d’or. À l’instar des mauvais garçons Kemper Boyd et Pete Bondurand dans<em> American Tabloïd</em>, Fernandez (incroyable Frémont, on le répète) attire à lui toute l’attention et l’empathie du spectateur, pourtant révulsé par la noirceur et l’incontrôlable violence de son personnage. C’est la force du film de Valette : nous faire basculer dans l’ère du soupçon, la véritable identité du <em>thriller </em> moderne, la raison d’être d’un cinéma tel que le conçoivent les meilleures productions du monde. Et la France fait partie du monde – ce que semblent avoir oublié les départements « cinéma » de nos chaînes de télévision, qui refusèrent de financer le film parce qu’il s’attardait trop sur Fernandez. À croire qu&#8217;il s’agit aussi, côté 7e Art, d’une affaire d’État…</p>
<p><strong>Stéphane Ledien</strong></p>
<p>&#62; Sortie en salles le 25 novembre 2009</p>
<p>&#62; Lire aussi notre article sur <strong>Maléfique</strong> dans <strong><em><a href="http://www.versusmag.fr/anciens-num.html">VERSUS</em> n° 4</a></strong> et notre article sur les intrigues du complexe militaro-industriel dans <strong><em><a href="http://www.versusmag.fr/dernier-paru.html">VERSUS</em> n° 17</a></strong>, actuellement en vente.</p>
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<link>http://clairdeplume.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/douloureux-aveux/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Il en est de bonnes surprises, comme cette « Grasse carcasse », premier opus d’une série de cinq ima]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://clairdeplume.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/blast.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1547" title="blast" src="http://clairdeplume.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/blast.jpg?w=117" alt="" width="117" height="150" /></a>Il en est de bonnes surprises, comme cette « Grasse carcasse », premier opus d’une série de cinq imaginée et dessinée par Manu Larcenet. Les dessins délicats en noir et blanc et leur trait fin et léger offrent un peu de douceur à l’ambiance intrigante et un rien malsaine de ce huis clos dont on ne s’échappe que grâce aux souvenirs d’un petit monsieur obèse peu ragoûtant. Polza Mancini est cuisiné par deux flics nerveux qui essaient tant bien que mal de lui tirer les vers du nez, tout en douceur, pour éviter de le brusquer et de couper le contact. Alors Polza se raconte. Sa vie médiocre, sa carrière littéraire ratée, sa relation maritale sans passion, la mort de son père, et puis l’événement qui a fait basculer sa vie : un premier blast (entendez une espèce d’explosion mentale) qui l’a mené à tout quitter pour se rendre sur l’île de Pâques. Les poulets s’impatientent. Tout cela n’a ni queue ni tête et ne nous dit pas ce qui est arrivé à la jolie Carole Oudinot!</p>
<p><em>Anne-Sophie</em></p>
<p><strong>« Blast, t 1 : Grasse carcasse », de Manu Larcenet, éditions Dargaud, 208 pages, 22 €</strong></p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Summit Camp science technician Katie Koster hauls 130-lb. fuel tanks in preparation for winter in Greenland. Koster is one of five people (four Polar Field Services, one NOAA) holding down the fort at Summit Camp. Photo: Andy Clarke </dd>
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<p>The biggest challenge to spending a winter at <a href="http://www.summitcamp.org/" target="_blank">Greenland&#8217;s Summit Station</a> isn&#8217;t the isolation, the dark, or even the cold. Rather the largest difficulty with living at and operating the station through the Winter Solstice and beyond is willing one&#8217;s fingers and brain to fire on all cylinders working outside in temperatures that range between -25ºC and -70ºC.</p>
<p><strong>Life In The Far North</strong></p>
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<p>Check out the 2007 <a href="http://www.polar.ch2m.com/arlss_reports/arlss_projectsdetail.aspx?cbpropnum=0632262" target="_blank">POLAR-PALOOZA </a>video above with PFS&#8217; Kathy Young for a good overview of life at Summit Camp during the summer. Although it was shot two years ago (before CH2M HILL purchased VECO), daily life remains remarkably similar.  Remove most of the people, the sunlight and knock the temperatures into the negative 20s and below, and you can imagine Summit in the winter.</p>
<p>This season&#8217;s five-person crew arrived Nov. 4 to operate Summit Station through the winter months, taking over for the five-person crew that tended the station after it closed for the season in late August. On Nov. 14, the team observed the last official sunrise/sunset until January 29, 2010.  They inhabit winterized buildings, share meal and housekeeping duties, and have about 300 movies to watch during downtime.</p>
<div id="attachment_1968" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/big-house-lounge_small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1968" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/big-house-lounge_small.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Game and movie room at Summit Camp&#39;s Big House. Photo: Karl Newyear</p></div>
<p>Clearly the team is there for much more than downtime. As manager Karl Newyear notes, they come for the self-reliance and the sense of adventure. &#8221;It&#8217;s intriguing to me that humans can adapt to places as inhospitable to life as the top of the icecap,&#8221; he says.  But mostly they come because they&#8217;ve been hired to maintain the infrastructure needed to support almost 30 year-round science experiments housed at the station.</p>
<p><strong>Meet The Crew</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1980" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/group-photo_small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1980" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/group-photo_small.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mindng the Summit. The crew from left to right: Glenn Grant, Shane Brazzel, Karl Newyear (front), Katie Koster, Mark Melcon (aka Commander).</p></div>
<p>Fortunately, members of the experienced winter crew are well-suited to extreme temperatures. This rugged and hearty team brings collective polar experience to the job. Camp Manager <strong>Newyear</strong> spent 10 years as a marine projects coordinator in Antarctica. A logistics specialist with a Ph.D. in oceanography, Newyear lives in Parker, CO., when he&#8217;s not on ice.</p>
<div id="attachment_1983" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/karl-in-winter-plumage_3_small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1983" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/karl-in-winter-plumage_3_small.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;Business casual&#34; means something different in Greenland. Karl Newyear in front of Summit Camp&#39;s Green House.</p></div>
<p>Mechanic <strong>Shane Brazzel</strong> comes to Greenland from Antarctica&#8217;s <a href="http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/stations/mcmurdo.shtml" target="_blank">McMurdo Station</a>, where he was a heavy equipment mechanic and on the construction crew. The dirt-bike-loving Californian works nine hours a day, seven days a week checking the generators, monitoring mechanical systems, operating and maintaining station vehicles (snowmobiles, Cat 933 track-loader, and Cat D-6 tractor), and making water by dumping buckets of snow into the melter.</p>
<p><strong>Mark Melcon</strong> (aka Commander) is a polar legend with about 20 deployments to Antarctica, eight to Greenland, and one to Alaska. After spending last summer on the Summit construction crew, he&#8217;s back for the winter and maintaining his own personal brutal work schedule: rise at 4 a.m., begin working around 7:30 and average about nine hours a day.</p>
<p><strong>Glenn Grant</strong>, science technician, is in Greenland for the first time after spending more than a decade in Antarctica. Since 1995, he has worked at Antarctic <a href="http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/stations/index.shtml" target="_blank">research stations</a> at Palmer, McMurdo, and the South Pole, on both south polar research ships (Nathanel B. Palmer, Laurence M. Gould), and logged six winter seasons. When not in a polar region, he maintains residence in Port Townsend, WA, and works on other science projects, including some at the <a href="http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/" target="_blank">National Center for Atmospheric Research</a> in Boulder, CO, the <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/autec.htm" target="_blank">Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center</a>, in the Bahamas, and aboard the <a href="http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ra/index.html" target="_blank">NOAA research vessel RAINIER</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_1982" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/glenn-launching-balloon_small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1982" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/glenn-launching-balloon_small.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Glenn launches a weather balloon, one of the many responsibilities of the winter crew at Summit. Photo: Karl Newyear</p></div>
<p>Rounding out the team is NOAA science technician <strong>Katie Koster</strong>, who also spent her early fall working at Summit, thus adding an element of continuity and familiarity between the Phase I crew (which has scattered around the globe) and the current crew. Katie, a meteorologist, has observed weather at New Hampshire&#8217;s Mount Washington as well as at the South Pole (and she&#8217;s also a seasoned Summiteer, having worked the 2008 summer and phase I winter as well). An accomplished cyclist and runner, Katie also has been an ice hockey referee.</p>
<p><strong>General Lifestyle</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1981" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/katie-and-glenn-off-to-icesat_small.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1981" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/katie-and-glenn-off-to-icesat_small.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">All in a day&#39;s work: Katie and Glenn head off to monitor science experiments for absent researchers. Photo: Karl Newyear</p></div>
<p>All adventurers, the self-selective staff in the far north say spending the winter in Greenland gives them the unique experiences of living in clean air without light pollution, having unrivaled views of the stars and aurora borealis.</p>
<p>With Internet access and routine communication with Polar Field Service staff  as well as colleagues in Kangerlussuaq, they aren&#8217;t entirely isolated. And despite the cold, they spend much of their time outside doing physical work. Those seeking an extra adrenaline rush can use one of the three spinning cycles, the rowing machine, free weights, or the rock-climbing practice board, and staffers have been known to strap cross-country skis (or snow kites) on.</p>
<div id="attachment_1969" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bill-mccormick.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1969" src="http://polarfieldservice.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bill-mccormick.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wind-affected snow surrounds Summit Camp in the winter. Photo: Bill McCormick</p></div>
<p><strong>About Summit Camp</strong></p>
<p>Located at the peak of the Greenland ice cap at 72°34&#8242;44.10&#8243;N 38°27&#8242;34.56&#8243;W. Summit is a scientific research station sponsored by the National Science Foundation, operated by <a href="http://www.polar.ch2m.com/" target="_blank">CH2M Hill Polar Services (CPS)</a> with research guidance from the <a href="http://www.geosummit.org/" target="_blank">Summit Science Coordination Office.</a></p>
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