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Hana shines and Aya rises.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.“It is selfish to believe that your family will always love you. At some point you will be asked to earn it.”My equilibrium decided to cut me some slack and not invoke the reflexive vomiting. "It is only me, Hana, Imogen, Deidre, Mom, Buffy, hi Juanita," I hadn't spotted my designated bodyguard standing behind Chaz."Don't talk to me right now," she seethed. "I'm furious with you." Yep, she was the Caribbean Buffy."Perhaps she's pissed about the five extra Illuminati bodyguards added to the regular two around Hana plus the two circling Ghost Tigers having not a fucking clue what those other armed parties are doing in Hana's company," Pamela joked. She could. Everyone else was giving me crap about my social gaff."Hey now. This meeting is important. Imogen and I are going to have a child," I enlightened them. The door chimed open and we piled in with two Amazons whose 'fresh' look indicated a use of the showers within the past ten minutes."You consistently maintain particularly low standards," Chaz dryly remarked."I sent her here for a check-up and that gave Buffy a chance to meet Mom, Deidre and Imogen, plus two unarmed bodyguards," I kept bailing out the Titanic."Chaz, I am happy we aren't going to miss this one (lunch)," Pamela smiled at her two grandsons."Cáel, are you going to tell your fiancée you've impregnated your aunt?" Chaz was back to being mildly sympathetic to my 'totally fucked-up' life."Yes. I figured Buffy shooting death rays at me from her eyes will garner me enough confusion to get the words out of my mouth without her throwing her drink in my face, slapping me, then storming out," I envisioned.I got no more shit until I reached the garage for my vehicle. There an armed FBI Special Agent Virginia Maddox (did you know when a Federal Agent adds 'Special' to their title it means they have a gun?) stood next to my chariot. She'd drawn the short straw, meaning she had been given the chore of driving today.I found myself wondering when Yasmin would finally finish her orientation. Her training involved some serious mental challenges including a crash course from the FBI at Quantico concerning modern judicial theory & practice as well as whatever pre-Iron Age jurisprudence the Host practiced.Javiera promised me (and Katrina) that she would not-so-subtly remind those scholastically-groomed legal minds that a (couldn't use the word 'Amazon') legal code they followed had existed, with minor tweaking, as a successful social instrument for over 3,000 years. If they truly behaved in a respectful manner, the owners of the code might even show those people the Codex on the original horse-skin, written in Hittite cuneiform.Anyway, everyone assumed I had a good reason for heading to my apartment (aka need to retrieve a sleepy Odette.) Had I repeated 'the Bitch stole my fortune cookies', they might have simply taken me to an Asian-inclined grocery store. As we hit the second story landing, Chaz in the lead, we heard a passel of folks come down toward us from the fourth level.I didn't think there were that many people on the entire floor. Chaz and Pamela each went for their holstered pistol, while keeping them hidden in their jackets. Wiesława, who went for her PDW, backed up so she could fire through the stairs from beneath.Juanita, bless her heart, and Virginia had remained in the S U V because sending in more people would have left us piled into one another. If a firefight did break out, Juanita could bring in some serious hardware to back us up while Virginia called the appropriate authorities before rushing in herself.Around the corner on the third floor landing came a number of women, early/mid-twenties, physically fit, foreign clothes and downcast expressions. A few looked like they were about to cry. They were all in shirts and jeans, with no obvious weapons. Not looking lethal didn't ratchet down Chaz's vigilance. Me? I was instantly reminded how much sex I had been missing."Prince Cáel! You are alive!" spilled out of the first one, a fiery red-head with a billowing, thick mane, porcelain skin and adorable freckles. Her Irish brogue was enchanting. I had to wonder if she cried out in Gaelic during orgasm. Wasn't I about to meet my future bride plus numerous other love interests?She was fit, curvy and wearing an aqua shirt which exposed her midriff with a belly ring bearing a pearl drop, the requisite tattered skin-tight jeans and soft leather calf-boots."Why wouldn't I be alive?" I grinned, like a pirate discovering an all-girls school oceanographic classroom in need of plundering."How do total strangers know how unlikely it is that you would still be alive?" was Chaz's spin on things."We talked with your roommate. He said you had moved to Svalbard where you suffered an excruciating painful, yet richly deserved, death in a lemming stampede," she pouted, "and then the UN had your ashes exiled to Pluto because the Sun was too good for you."9, 10, 11 --12 of them looking, 3 with pale blonde hair that eerily reminded me of my fiancée, another red-head, two russet and five with deep, dark brown, or black hair. They were all fit, fit, fit! With an air of 'I graduated college only to discover: 1) no one was hiring Saline Soil Scientists, or 2) I no longer want to do any of the things I wanted to do when I picked this major. I was familiar with both types.Timothy would have been at work and Odette would have invited the troupe in to regale them with all sorts of tales, which would have included a tour of my bedroom. They clearly had missed Odette so, now I recalled; that particular excuse was one of the ten I had given the guy in 4B should anyone suspicious come calling.I imagine twelve hot, English-as-a-Second-Language girls might be considered, a bit odd. See, his was my address of record. I lied about my actual apartment, so random people who came looking for me went to him instead. This arrangement had been made prior to my understanding of the nature of my employment at Havenstone.I'd neglected, telling him to move out and go far, far away? Poor guy. I'd find a way to make it up to him later."Actually it was a southern vole immigration incident that was set off by the Bulgarian consulate offering repatriation for the first 10,000 applicants," I frowned, clearly traumatized by memory of the incident."These poor southern vole, native to the vacationer-friendly Black Sea resorts, were accidently introduced to the coldest inhabited place in the Northern hemisphere and they've been trying to get home ever since, that would be the equivalent of a century and a half in 'vole-years.""Despite the UN trying to quarantine any news of this Cricetidae catastrophe, I decided to evacuate the six most critically injured vole using a Bortolanza Pluto ultralight, which he must have confused with the UN sending my ashes to Pluto," I explained.Mind you, the 'southern' voles are native to, among other places, Norway, the owner of Svalbard. They were also native to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast so, The Pluto ultra-light, once built in Italy, is now called the 'Puma' and made in Canada, has a maximum range of 675 km, which would leave me crash landing into the Barents Sea, 260 km north of the northernmost airport in Norway, rendering me and my voles so much frozen food."You are an animal rights activist too?" several of the girls gasped. Yes. Yes I was. I was an animal and I was all for me having rights."Please, don't tell anyone about this," I grew serious. "I don't want my philanthropic efforts to be publicized. What I do, I do for the Earth's endangered ecosystems because it is what everyone should do, not because we suddenly feel bad about neglecting it.""E haere koe ki te whai kia nui ai," Pamela snorted. I'd ask her why she knew Maori later, right after I figured why Grandpa knew it."Ko toku mahere whānui," I replied. The girls looked confused."I'm also trying to revitalize endangered languages and revive dead ones. It is more of a hobby than life pursuit," I informed them."You really are a modern-day noble warrior-poet," the red-head leader sighed."Nah. I'm just a guy," I shrugged. "Besides, Ba ch ir fear a bheith ar eolas ag a gn omhais, n  a oidhreacht." (A man should be known by his deeds, not his heritage)."Sa ch s go bhfuil misneach, t  s il agam," she replied using my 'family' motto."Jos on jalot on toivoa,", "Ahol van b tors ga, van rem ny," and "cesaret olduğu yerde umut vardır," all followed. 'Where there is Valor, there is Hope' in Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish. I got the sneaking feeling this wasn't a college field trip gone awry. These chicks were coming at me with a purpose that included more than sexual gratification and a kiss good-bye. Ugh."Thank you," I genuflected, paying honor to their reciting of my personal vow. "Anyway, you appear to be looking for me, but I am afraid I don't know any of you. Taking into account that I have a late lunch date with my fiancée in a half-hour and will be taking notes at a feminist convention at 8, what can I do for you?" I was establishing my escape plan."We have come here to join you," an assertive, dusky-skinned one smiled. I had to think about this. I was a bit tired. Taking all twelve of these girls on in one orgy was currently beyond me. I'd do eight tonight and the last four before breakfast tomorrow. Ah, happy thoughts of the Lacrosse Finals."What exactly do you plan to do with Mr. Nyilas?" Chaz interrupted."We are the (Irish) 'Na conairte soith an   S aghdha ar', (Hungarian) 'A szuka kuty kat Herceg Nyilas', (Turkish) 'Prens ok u Kaltak K pekleri' and (Finnish) 'Narttu koirista prinssi jousimies'," they chorused.Pamela snickered. All of those fancy sounding names were variations on 'the Bitch Hounds of Prince Archer/Nyilas (with the Irish going for O'Shea)."You want to be my bodyguards?" I gawked. Lacking lions, the Irish choice of the 'fur-balls of death' were hounds. Being women technically made them 'bitches'. I had to move fast. Any second now Wiesława was going to figure out these over-anxious non-Amazons were trying to replace her."You do realize I've left piles of dead bodies in my wake, right?" I nearly choked. Pamela slapped me on my back."Of course," they sounded so chipper. Fuck you Internet and 'First Person Shooter' games. This wasn't a fucking game! Trained combatants who joined my retinue met grisly ends and this was their freaking profession!"Can I think about it? I mean, do any of you have any combat experience at all? Attacked someone in anger? Send off a blistering instant message?""Some of us have (combat experience I was assuming). We won't let you down.""You do realize Ms. Dubois is going to kill them, don't you Sir?" Chaz sent me a chilling look."Ms. Dubois?", "who is that?" and "kill us?" floated around."Ms. Dubois is my blood-hungry ferret who wears a 'naughty berserker' human suit to trick the masses.""Three of us have military training," one of the Finns spoke up.By that they meant they had volunteered for military service in their native countries, then left after their first term because they found military life to be boring. On the 'plus' side, all but one had martial arts experience and six of the twelve had been a member of a Gun Club of some kind. Yep, Buffy was going to kill them, all twelve at once by herself."I'll make you a deal," I offered. Chaz was giving me his 'I'm a stone yet clearly unhappy with you' face. "At 7:15 tonight, you will show up at Havenstone. I will sign you in, we'll go upstairs to one of the gyms and then warm up for fifteen minutes. When you are ready, or 7:30 rolls around, we are going to the sparing mats. If I lose, you can stay. If you lose, you will write this off as one of a legion of ideas that look good in print yet are foolish in practice. Do you accept?""How many of us do you have to beat for us to join with you and your Crusade?" the lead Irishwoman asked."All of you. I will fight you all at once. The mat space is quite extensive.""You mean all twelve of us against you at the same time?" one of the Turks blinked in disbelief."Yes. I am not disrespecting you, any of you. You've shown initiative, courage and a spirit of adventure. I found all three to be both admirable and worthy of reward (i.e. I will gladly have sex with you). What I am also telling you is of the three people with me, the only one I can most likely defeat in single combat is her," I motioned to Wiesława, "and I'm only saying that because she is 19 and relatively new to the art of killing."Their eyes flickered to Pamela. Chaz was scary without even trying. Pamela could be threatening, or appear harmless, as she wished."Chaz is a professional military man from a long line of diligent warriors and in a branch of service that requires close contact with hostile individuals, teams, tribes, clans and nations.""The woman behind me is much, much worse. I've met precisely three people who could possibly kill her and I killed one of them. Would you agree, Chaz?""Absolutely," he concurred."We know who you two are," a Finn spoke up. She had a dazzling smile and cleavage that had to obscure her toes when she stood."You do?" Pamela played nice. For once, it was technology biting her in the ass, not me. Yay?"You are Rhingyll lliw Siarl Yfory," the Irish lass looked at Chaz. That was Welsh, and meant Color Sergeant Charles Tomorrow, I imagined his superiors in the British military weren't going to be happy with any of us, him being a 'secret military operator', emphasis on the 'secret'."And you are Sverkhsekretnykh Shpiona Vsemed Svaya," the Turkish girl pointed at Pamela. Pamela snorted. In Russian that meant 'Super-secret Spy Pamela Pile'. Since Pamela in Russia was pronounced 'Pamela' they had gone back to the origin of the name of Pamela, a fictitious 17th English novelist creation using mangled Hellenic, which translated as 'all-honey'.'All-honey' in Russian was Vsemed. Pamela snickered. Oh yeah, those twelve had combed through millions of articles and pictures to figure out who Chaz was and who Pamela claimed to be. Actually, one of my Hungarian admires back when we were all in Eastern Europe had suggested Pamela was a remorseful ex-SMERSH agent turned Princely-sidekick. Pamela jabbed me, the unspoken 'sidekick' thing.(For those who don't know, in Russian SMERSH loosely means 'Death to Spies', it really existed from 1943 to 1946 and was resurrected by Ian Fleming as a foil for James Bond.)"Chaz, since Cáel is, without a doubt, already having a stupendously wretched day, we must insist he inform Addison of all three of these developments, in person. I want to see the look on her face," Pamela plotted with the man who had thrown himself between me and an explosive vest, probably out of some psychic impulse that I would suffer far, far worse later, like in today, within less than 24 hours of said act."Why am I here again today?" I lowered my head and groaned."Are you okay?" a dozen innocent voices cried out."We are here to pick up Odette," Wiesława reminded me."Oh yeah, fortune cookies," I mumbled."Is 'Fortune Cookie' a nickname for one of your other operatives? Many of them are real enigmas. We can't find out anything about her," one of the Hungarians said. Yeah, because SD doesn't have a Facebook page, or Twitter account. Odette, she was protected by a completely unremarkable lifestyle, but I had a feeling that was fading fast."Excuse us," I asserted myself. "I need to get something on the third floor. Chaz began pushing forward while Pamela had my back."What are you doing?" to me and "Hey, is that a gun?" to Chaz, then Wiesława. Pamela was too sneaky to get caught."I'm here to pick up Agent Fortune Cookie then head out to a meeting with some really shady characters and my fiancée," I informed them."Agent Fortune Cookie," Chaz mused. "She's going to love that,""And then," Pamela continued."She is going to want a gun," I groaned.Oh goddess! No! Chaz had joined Pamela and my 'group think'."No, I have not," Chaz corrected me, about my mental ruminations."I've been coaching him," Pamela faux-consoled me. As my new prospective bodyguards parted for my current bodyguards,"Do you have psychic powers?" "Where is your android?" and "Is it true you can have sex up to ten times a day?""Yes, but we can't talk about it," then, "Which one? We have six models," and finishing up with, "Yes, I can have sex up to ten times a day with each session lasting at least an hour, though I do need breaks for food, drink, quiet romantic conversations and showers, cause shower-sex is so damn fun."While they mulled that over, I unlocked my door in time to see a nicely-dressed (as if she was about to go out on an expensive lunch date) Odette spring off the sofa. Looking at the crowd behind me, she blessed me with an incredibly happy smile."Oh cool! Do we really have enough time for an orgy?"I wanted to cry.(A Family FUNction, minus the 'fun' part)My fiancée giving me a congenial and contented look. Good.My fuck-buddy/friend Libra giving me a salacious 'you and me are going to hook up soon' smile while dressed in a red, 'business suite/slinky number' combo with a plunging neckline. I put her invite on my mental day-planner. Fellas, if you can't keep it in your mind, forget about it. Print equals pain, believe me.Brooke had joined the lunch group, sharing a smile and wink with Libra with the secret agreement for a three-way. Sweet! I could do this, hmm, lunch break Friday, yum-yum-yum. She was wearing a beige business suit with slacks, minus the shirt. Only her cunningly cut jacket kept her goodies from exposure.Hana was a saint for putting up with those two, and me.Buffy was studying me with the clear desire to put me in a dog cage for the rest of the week. Technically she had to produce my body for work Monday. As for the hot, sweaty, intense Brooke-Libra-Cáel m nage   trois, Buffy was reading the undercurrents and setting up a breakwater. At least her attire suggested well-paid, successful international assassin. I wondered if I had paid for her clothing as well. I'd given Chaz's wardrobe a serious upgrade courtesy of Pamela faking my signature.The gathering was rounded out by Mom, Imogen and Deirdre. Thank God they all had different hair styles and forms of dress. Mom was in 'casual-durable' attire, Imogen was going with the military-chic and Deirdre's get up was in the same style as Hana.I was pleasantly pleased that Hana had reserved two adjacent tables for what she assumed would be my support network, Pamela, Odette, Chaz, Wiesława and Juanita, plus Imogen's five and her (Hana's) two Illuminati minders. That made me squeezing my twelve newest over-eager admirers into the mix doable, if not comfortable. Better yet, none of the new girls was dressed for a restaurant this exclusive.Hana was quietly amused. Buffy was volcanic. Thankfully she was being a volcano on the mid-Atlantic ocean ridge ~ submerged."Chaz, Pamela, explain," Buffy seethed."I don't work for you," Pamela playfully bantered back, "Sweet-Cheeks.""They are part of a clandestine operation to provide cooperation and assistance from the European Union," I offered up in such a sincere manner. I almost had them. Buffy looked to Chaz who opted to channeled his 'inner- Cáel'."I can neither confirm nor deny their status as operators from four European nations," he nodded.Buffy forked a helpless appetizer shrimp then catapulted at one of my Finns, I thought it was Oili. It bounced off her bosom. She couldn't even claim to not have seen it coming."What?" Oili gasped."Operatives?" Buffy sizzled at me."Prince Cáel," Flannery asked, "why did that strange woman throw a, shrimp at Oili?""It was a hand-eye coordination test," Odette informed her. "Had Oili been a real spy, you would have snatched up a nearby napkin, deflect the item with the napkin and all while drawing down on her. It is what they do all the time. It is pretty neat to watch.""Why use a napkin?" Oili asked Odette while eyeing Buffy in case another decapod was coming her way."You use a napkin because the shrimp might have a contact poison on it," Odette rolled her eyes. "Buffy used a fork to flip it at you. She didn't use her hands, so the possibility existed." Pamela gave Odette an 'atta girl' high five."Prince Cáel?" Brooke giggled. "What have you been up to?""Okay. I got this. Ladies, may I introduce Annikki, Belgin, Berit, Flannery, Gizi, Ilkay, Kato, Neve, Nuray, Oili, Pirkko and Zsuzsi. These fine women have decided to put their productive lives on hold so they can be my bodyguards," I made the introductions."They have volunteered to be, basically the 'Hounds of Prince O'Shea/Nyilas/Archer'. My Hounds, please let me introduce Hana, my fiancée, Brooke, my close friend, Libra, a sweet & sincere childhood acquaintance, my Mother, Sibeal, my O'Shea aunts, Deidre & Imogen and Kalmarasērmi Buffy."Despite the absurdity of the situation and my clear irresponsibility, Buffy let a smile crease her frown. 'Kalmarasērmi' was my term for her in the Amazon language = my Mountaintop."I will volunteer my facilities to train them," Aunt Imogen offered me drolly. She was the primary trainer for all O'Shea guardians/Special Forces."Train us?" a half dozen voices murmured."Yes Child. I am Imogen O'Shea, Cáel is the greatest treasure in my life and I have serious doubts any of you can be anything more than distracting bullet-catchers for my favorite (and only) nephew. It annoys me to think you are yet another walking advertisement showing him to be both big-hearted and soft-headed.""I will offer prayers upon the mounds of my ancestors (lie, her only 'ancestor' refused to stay buried) for Cáel's safety. You should invoke whatever supernatural entity you place faith in to keep Cáel safe as well, because if he gets so much as a scratch defending any one of you, I will exercise my nearly endless knowledge of human pain to make you pay.""Is she Ms. Dubois?" Flannery asked Odette."That would be me," Buffy showered fury their way."Do you really want to kill us?" Neve tried to stare Buffy down."Until ten seconds ago, Yes. Now I want to hand you over to these two," she motioned to Deidre and Imogen with her fork."Prince Cáel, why are they all so hostile?" Flannery requested understanding from me. "We have come here to help you. We have skills. All we are asking if for a chance to prove ourselves to you.""To Us," Buffy snapped. "Cáel's vote doesn't count.""Chill, Buffy," I snapped back. "I'm dealing with this, and your lack of trust is pissing me off.""Buffy," Hana intervened. She placed a hand on Buffy's thigh out of sight, yet not outside of my notice. "When was the last time Cáel failed to take your advice on something life-critical? These young ladies appear to be honest and diligent. If not, Pamela and the Color Sergeant wouldn't have let them come here, or near Odette."If I dated dumber women I would have less explaining (lying) to do, but I'd miss the challenge both inside and outside the bedroom. Hana's deft touch and gentle words calmed Buffy more than anything (outside of a righteous cocking) I could have accomplished. I was suddenly seized with the realization there was a goodly number of Katrina's positive attributes in Hana. How had I missed it?"Marrying you is going to be Hana's first step toward mortal beatification," Brooke teased me. Normally only dead people were made saints."A Servant of, probably not Jehovah. I think everyone at the table can agree she has interacted with supernatural forces," Sibeal hid her joking well."Martyring her hopes of monogamy?" Deidre's fey gaze flickered over the women of note (the women at the main table)."Her Heroic Virtue is Prudence?" Buffy added. Buffy had been Catholic?"Ladies, I'm Lutheran. We don't normally venerate saints. Joking aside, I was given a reason to believe this lunch date was important on a social level between myself and my fianc . Food would be nice too."Brooke and Libra's presence regulated Pamela and Chaz to an adjacent table. A waiter slipped in, took my order, I decided to forgo an appetizer because I was late, then the conversation began."Hana, this is my Mother, Sibeal Nyilas. Imogen and Deidre are my family from Ireland," I made the introductions, most definitely unnecessarily. I was buying time to get a better read on the women around me."I know," Hana showered me with mature compassion."Get to it, damn you," Buffy huffed."Wow, I'm thinking of the best way to tell you this," I barely could meet Hana's eyes."I am pregnant with your fianc 's child," Imogen cut to the chase. What she said was delivered on purpose. Imogen wasn't as socially maladjusted as Rachel. The fewer women in my life, the easier the O'Shea would have roping me in. Imogen's words were meant to hurt Hana and drive a wedge between us."You too?" Hana's sad eyes studied Imogen. She hid her anger-disappointment-disgust well. In this crowd her efforts to obfuscate her feeling only worked on Libra and Brooke. Those two ladies were less astute at concealing their surprise."She's your aunt, right?" Libra's look settled on me instead of a blatant Imogen, or a pained Hana."No," Mom answered for me. "My sisters and I were born sterile. It is impossible that our paternal heritage has been passed along. Whatever Imogen's maternal contribution was, it is not from our DNA. My sister does have a child inside her, Havenstone verified it and will have the precise genetic make-up within 24 hours," she persisted (lying)."If Cáel has a failing, it is that he was seduced by my sisters who played upon his very confusing Mother-Son relationship. I faked my death when he was seven. I 'died' in a quite painful manner and he had to watch helplessly as he witnessed me wasting away. I did such a horrible thing to a young boy because the people who were hunting me down, the two O'Shea before you and the nine who aren't here, would have used numerous means of torture to verify my death."(Until they realized 'what' I was. Then my imprisonment would have begun)"My wonderful husband would have died without giving them the truth. It was too much to ask of our son. For fifteen years he believed me dead. He learned the truth at his Father's funeral. I believe every woman at this table knows my son doesn't handle emotional pain well.""Imogen's statement was a thinly-veiled stab at Hana's heart and a kick to my son's sense of responsibility to both Hana and his unborn child. How could this not hurt Hana? How could Cáel possibly respond, torn between the woman who has already sacrificed so much of her happiness for a man barely aware of his own maturity, and the woman bringing his child into the world?""Good one, Imogen. Those two are better than you, or I. By all means, make a mockery of my son, your nephew, who has pledged to fight for your life when he should clearly walk away and let the rest of you die. He asks nothing of you yet you feel no remorse at sullying his happiness.""There are ten good reasons for you getting up and walking out of here intact right now. There are six better reasons for making you pay for your cruelty," she threatened."Ten?" Brooke whispered."The sisters' five bodyguards, the two body guards they gifted me with, Deidre, Imogen and Cáel. You don't think he would let the woman bearing his child take a beating, do you Brooke?" Hana enlightened her."No.""The Six?" Libra scanned the room."My other two bodyguards won't act unless I am directly threatened. They won't be out to hurt anyone. If anyone tries to hurt me, they will jump straight to the making them dead option. The 'Six' are Buffy, Pamela, Chaz, Juanita, Special Agent Maddox and Sibeal.""We'd help," Libra insisted. Brooke was onboard with that proclamation."No," came forth from Hana, Mom and me."Brooke and Libra; you two, Odette, the other twelve and the wait staff will only confuse the issue. My sisters and their soldiers will use you and the rest to distract Cáel. Except for Ms. Maddox, the rest won't give a fuck so your best bet is to hit the deck and let the professionals deal with things," Mom clarified."Brooke, Libra, this is a wacko chicks with guns moment," I put things in perspective."Hana?" Libra put a hand on Hana's shoulder."Don't mind me," she patted Libra's hand. "I'm diving for cover and not getting up until you, Brooke, Cáel, or Buffy tell me to get up. Sorry Sibeal, but I don't know you that well yet.""I understand," Mom agreed.To punctuate the awkwardness of the moment, Aisha (the Arabic swimsuit model) and three other SD ladies waltzed into the place and took a table. When the maytre dee tried to impede them, Aisha threatened to exterminate his entire extended family with a look alone. Been there, done that, and the maytre dee was nowhere close to being in my league.I had to think that through. Had Buffy called them, the SD would have been here before I arrived. Pamela was a possibility, except the SD still hated her over Constanza's maiming. If she told them my life 'was' in danger, they would still show up. My life wasn't in danger and Pamela wouldn't yank their chain.It had to be Juanita. The head of my bodyguard telling Elsa that I was in an exposed position with 9 armed Illuminati would have elicited this level of response. Pamela prodded Odette. Odette had a 'what do you want me to do' non-verbal exchange with Pamela then got up and went over to Aisha.Odette even remembered to navigate the room in such a manner Aisha and her team could keep an uninterrupted view of the threat. Pamela and Chaz's lessons were paying off. They weren't training her in the lethal arts. They were showing her how to not be an obstacle, which was better, given our current circumstances."Hana, don't hate Imogen. The only parent she's ever known was Granddad," I returned my attention to the crisis at hand."Oh, I'm sorry," Hana sent sympathetic waves Imogen's way. If there was a hint of 'you bitch' hidden within those words, none of us would admit it."Yes, yes," Imogen smiled back. "Father was a real troll.""That's not true," Hana responded. "I've met him and he has always been very nice to me. It was easy for me to look past the nations of dead he's murdered, his propensity to rape his daughters and his plans to destroy my Cáel.""I don't hold you to blame for not protecting Cáel more than you have. He's a handful and reminds you of your Father, the mass-murdering rapist. And Imogen, don't try to hurt Cáel using me again, you Bitch. I'm not a part of your circus. That doesn't render me powerless. I love more than I hate. I count a person great by the lives they save, not those they take. Where there is Valor, there is Hope and my fianc  has both in spades. Do we understand one another?""Proving you are smarter than Ms. Sievert is not something which equates to being a threat," Deidre countered."Cáel, why aren't you saying something?" Brooke whispered to me."Because he knows better," Mom grinned. "This is a battle Hana has to win, or lose, on her own.""Cáel has plenty of women willing to go behind his back and kill people, Brooke. Now, if Hana asks for such a favor, we know it is not over some petty bullshit," rolled menacingly forth from Buffy as her feral countenance made a few of the Illuminati at the next table nervous."That won't be necessary," I broke up the tension. "We are as dysfunctional a family as they come, but we are family and we will all treat one another as such by the standards of the only one who matters. Clear?""You?" Deidre soothed me."No. Ferko Nyilas', my Father and the best man I've ever known. He taught me to never make excuses for your own behavior. Surrendering our control over our lives is a cop-out. If you want to continue acting like the creepy-ass bitch daughters of Cáel O'Shea, so be it. That is your choice to make. I care for you.""I care enough for you to fight Granddad over your futures. I hope all of you know I mean what I say. Whatever you decide to do, no matter how you act, I will always love you. I've made my choices and I am going to hold you responsible for yours. Let's eat lunch. It has been a rough fucking day and it isn't over yet."If there was ever any doubt, I destroyed those twelve hopeful bodyguards on the mats. They possessed neither the skill nor the savagery necessary in a warrior culture. We Amazons didn't recoil from pain. Our sisters' lives were on the line. That was why you practiced no-holds-barred fighting with, or without, weapons."We can learn," the lead Finn protested. The rest were getting over the physical and spiritual pain of being so easily beaten."My normal bodyguards go through three years of intense 24/7 training. Being a member of that elite body means you train in all forms of weapons as well as hand-to-hand combat techniques.""Once you've mastered the core physical and skill baseline requirements, and this core training never stops, no point is considered 'good enough', you begin learning at least two specialties. Those are disciplines such as close-protection, sniping, small unit tactics, infiltration, battlefield medicine, electronics, computing, communication systems, linguistics and 'training' expertise.""In my current team, the ones who fought at my side in Hungry and Romania, all have three specialties. Discounting their regimen since the age of five, each had been on the job in a professional capacity at least six years. The leader had eleven years in.""Finally, when you are at that level of excellence, you need a specific mindset. What you need to do is think why you shouldn't kill someone, not if you should. If there is any doubt, you strike. If you hesitate, someone close to you might be killed, not just me.""Look around you. If you aren't ready to kill for any of your companions, you will never cut it. Now, I'm going to have you shown out. I will have taxis take you back to your hotel. Think about it. Seriously, think about dedicating yourself to more than some stranger you've met on the internet.""You will be dedicating yourself to the other elven women in your group, to the death. That is the level of spiritual dedication it takes to be at my side. Go, take a rest, talk it over, search your souls. Call me if any of you want to continue and we can have lunch Sunday and make plans. Questions?""Do the other women around you do this, make those choices?" one of the Turkish women frowned while nursing a bruised jaw."No. They have it worse. They have thrown their old lives away, never to return. Each and every one has either murdered a human being, or attempted to, before they are even considered for the task.""Under normal circumstances, we wouldn't be having his conversation. You would never be given the chance. You are woefully unqualified in every way except spirit. Your willingness to cross the Atlantic to make your offers resonates with me, so I am both warning you this is horrible, horrible path you are taking and I am explaining precisely how slender any of your chances are of accomplishing your goals.""I, I don't know," whispered one of the Hungarian lasses."At the Seven Skulls, I led three such women into combat (Rachel, Charlotte and Saku) against a group of warriors who were fighting free of 500 elite Romanian Mountain Troops. Of the Romanians, nearly 200 were either dead, or wounded. The FBI Special Agent we took with us was badly wounded."One of the three was killed, a head shot, and the remainder left her body where she had fallen because the enemy were still out there and they had to protect me. The world will not bend to your sensitivities. Life around me is exceedingly dangerous and unforgiving," I finished.No immediate consensus united them. Fear and disbelief were the major vibes I was picking up. None of them were angry, insulted, or overly terrified."Time for you to go," Buffy concluded our meeting. "Tigger Maeve and Dora Farānak, would you please see Cáel's guests to the lobby." A new pleasure of Buffy's was using the House names of the Full-bloods she interacted with.I have taken a few mystic liberties:Maeve was a Celtic War Goddess ~ the Enslaver of Men.Farānak was a Scythian Goddess also known as the Lynx Goddess and the Silent Huntress.As for the other new hires:Daphne was, as explained earlier, of House Cotyttia (Thracian Goddess of Sex, War and Slaughter)Fabiola was of House Minerva (Roman Goddess of War & Strategy)Violet Maza was in House Oshun, the Yoruba Goddess of Love, Sexuality, Beauty and Diplomacy; Lady of the Orisha ~ life spirits.Paula Wadena was of House Cybele (Phrygian Earth Mother, Guardian of the Lion Throne)}They were dismissed and smart enough to know that was the best possible answer to their current predicament, learning your romantic adventure was actually a gory supernatural battle for survival. A growing number of Isharans had been gathering while I dealt with the wannabes. A few were amused, perhaps even understanding, of my actions.Soon enough, using her position as Record Keeper of House Ishara, Helena cajoled the other Amazons into giving us peace and quiet. Not all left. Watching a jury-rigged House Ishara work through its business in a semi-public setting was an event both unlooked for and possibly enlightening.For this gathering, we had 122 of the 159 members. The missing members were not close enough, or were providing a critical function that wouldn't allow them to be in New York on this night."Sisters, a moment of personal prayer for each of us to seek guidance from our Ancestors as we seek to continue their legacy," I intoned softly, calling the meeting to order.I had barely opened my eyes, failing to get any inspiration from Yakko, when the struggle began."Why are we including them in a House Ishara meeting?" Madori pointed out the three 'new hires' who were sticking around."Memasant (Amazon for to speak true)," I answered her. Since Daphne, Paula and Violet had clearly been sitting among us before the meeting began, I gave Buffy a disappointing frown. "Ishara respects these three for teaching the rest of you the Amazon language so that we can teach it to others, thus all of you becoming able to engage all our sisters in our native tongue.""I doubt any other House would extend this honor to others. Thankfully, we are not like any other House. We know better. We have all been outsiders. We aren't a 'normal' House and I am working toward us never being one. We have to be kind and just when necessary, and forgive when it is what the Host needs.""We will do this because we Isharans alone will decide on the prestige of our sisters. If the other Houses make an issue of it, who cares? None of them have made the sacrifices necessary to be Isharans. I know that you have not all gathered here tonight to hear me pontificate. Who wants to be first?""Will you accept a challenge?" Madori stood up. We had spread out in a ring, two Amazons deep, along the edges of the mats. I had never sat down."Put forth your complaint," I responded."You emphasize duties other than that of a House Head. You don't take the time to show up at initiation ceremonies. In essence, you ignore your sisters to advance your own prestige.""Yes, I am not showing up at the initiation ceremonies.""Yes, I prioritize other activities over running the day-to-day operations of our House.""Yes, you are utterly ignoring the two Amazons sitting at either side of me. I chose Buffy Ishara and Helena Ishara to lead this House because I knew I would have others issues coming up in my life concerning the Host.""Buffy, are you challenging me?""No, Wakko Ishara," she responded angrily. She wasn't angry with me. She had chosen the majority of the assembly and they were turning on me, thus her."Helena, are you challenging me?""No Wakko Ishara. I am intimately familiar with your work and the dangers you constantly confront for the greater Host," she answered in an equally hostile tone."Now that the issue of relevance has been dealt with, I will accept any challenge from any of you selfish, bigoted, power-hungry cunts who wish to put your own self-interest above that of our House. By all means, stumble over one another for the top spot," I mocked them. I'd played nice. No more.It was telling that my classification of any challenger was completely ignored. Madori and five supporters stood. In theory, challenges were the rare 1-on-1 Amazon experience. Another Amazon, Arianne, stood with another supporter."Cool beans," I nodded.I backed up, stepped off the mats and picked up the four axes I had pre-prepared. Back on the mat I went past my handful of supporters, brandished two weapons and advanced a quarter way onto the sparring area. The mass of my opponents muttered in confusion and resentment."Ishara, we have not trained in archaic weapons. Most of our facilities never had then," Madori protested."Amazons don't play fair," I glared. Several migrated to the walls to pick out whatever looked the least daunting. Buffy, Helena, Marsha, Daphne Cotyttia, Violet Oshun and Paula Cybele did likewise."Is this how you want to answer a challenge for leadership?" Madori glowered. "Cheating, utilizing a clear advantage in a farce of equality and justice?""No. Please step back and call every member of JIKIT," my eyes narrowed. "How about this, call the Amazon's contact with the Earth & Sky? Can't do that either? How about convince the 9 Clans to help us pursue a House obligation?""You duties as Chief Diplomat are not that of Isharan House Head and actually make you less of a House Head," she countered. She had chosen a short spear, using it two-handed. And that made Katrina what precisely?"I should fucking kill you," Buffy snarled."Madori Ishara, Dot-Ishara is not the Goddess of Scrabble. She is not the Goddess of," and Madori tried to catch me flat-footed with a spear-thrust. I was appalled at how easy I dealt with her. My right axe diverted her spear enough so when I twisted my stance, she missed. I placed the head of my left axe on her shoulder, blade against her throat."Madori, you lose. Sit back down and contemplate that you were beaten by a 22 year old man," I seethed. There was no 'you didn't give me a chance' bullshit. She had struggled for advancement in the Amazon way. Such people weren't crybabies. "Next."Arianne approached me with a shield and short sword. My read on the situation was she was going to use acrobatics to compensate for my superior reach. I readied myself."I don't suppose you would accept a suggestion we fight unarmed?" she put out there. I took two steps toward her then dropped my axes."I trust you," I looked down at her. I could see the 'oh, fuck me' written all over her face. The unfairness had been tossed in her lap. She put the point of her leaf-shaped blade under the left side of my ribcage, close to my kidney."Yield.""Never.""Yield, or I will kill you."I took a quarter-inch penetration when I clamped down on her right wrist and slammed my elbow into her face. A quick exchange of footwork ended up with both of us on the mat, Arianne on her back, sword pinned to the mat and her shield trapped between us. Head-butt followed head-butt until she was unresponsive.I stood up, blood oozing down my side."Water!" I barked. A bottled water was rolled my way. Three more Amazons were sizing me up. This challenge phase was far from over. I splashed water down on Arianne's face until she sputtered into wakefulness."Pathetic," I sneered at her. "This House is worth any and all of our lives. If you were the best candidate to lead this house and I refused to yield, then why did you spare me? Not only could you not kill me when you clearly could, you failed to do so even when it became an unequal contest of arms."Arianne was shamed and furious. I was treating her like a presumptuous, outsider woman."I'm feeling particularly generous in victory, Arianne, don't you dare stand up," I growled when she tried. "I will not kill you for your disrespect. I will not exile you from our House because doing so would show both of us failing to grasp one of the key principles of our People, learn. Learn and keep learning. A loss is nothing more than a temporary setback. Learn, don't repeat the same mistake twice and never stop striving for success until you take yourself to the cliffs."One of the two newes

In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Luen discusses a remarkable predation event that occurred in 2014 in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway. During this event, approximately 2 million Atlantic cod consumed around 10 million capelin, which is nearly 50% of the capelin population present at the time. The episode highlights how this massive predation event was observed using advanced technology, specifically the Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing System (O-A-W-R-S). This system allowed scientists from MIT and Norway to detect and analyze the behavior of the fish during the capelin's spawning season. As the capelin swam deeper to avoid sunlight, they formed a large bait ball, which measured about 10 kilometers long and contained around 23 million fish. The podcast emphasizes the significance of this event as it represents one of the largest predation interactions ever recorded. The coordinated attack by the cod and the formation of the bait ball illustrate the complex dynamics of predator-prey relationships in marine ecosystems. Additionally, Andrew discusses concerns regarding the impact of climate change on these fish populations and their spawning behaviors. He raises questions about the sustainability of such large predation events in the future, considering the potential effects of environmental changes on both capelin and cod populations. The episode concludes with a call for listeners to engage in discussions about ocean conservation and share their thoughts on this fascinating topic. Link to article: https://www.theinertia.com/environment/oceans-largest-predation-event-ever-seen-recorded-by-oceanographers/ Follow a career in conservation: https://www.conservation-careers.com/online-training/ Use the code SUFB to get 33% off courses and the careers program.   Do you want to join my Ocean Community? Sign Up for Updates on the process: www.speakupforblue.com/oceanapp   Sign up for our Newsletter: http://www.speakupforblue.com/newsletter   Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3NmYvsI Connect with Speak Up For Blue: Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres 148,729 sq miles and had a population of 5,488,984 in January 2023.[The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden. It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Jonas Gahr Støre has been Prime Minister of Norway since 2021.

3 billion people rely on the oceans for their livelihoods. But who are they? What are their stories? Hannah's moving away from the ocean's wild animals and meeting its humans instead. She's joined by lifelong fisherman Jerry Percy, and speaks with freediver and ocean advocate Hanli Prinsloo about who the oceans are for. Also - Frida Bengtsson, a researcher who focuses on fisheries, tells her success story of working with fisheries in the Barents Sea. Follow the show @oceanspod on IG, TikTok & Twitter for bonus content. If you want to know more about the oceans and how to protect them, come and join us here: https://act.gp/life-under-water.

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//The Wire//1830Z January 20, 2024////ROUTINE////BLUF: CONFLICTS IN GAZA AND RED SEA CONTINUE. US BORDER CRISIS REMAINS TENSE// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Europe: Tensions between the U.K. and Russia increase as Russia plans to halt a 1956 agreement allowing British fishing companies to operate within the Barents Sea. This comes as NATO plans to launch the largest military exercises conducted in Europe in decades, with approximately 90,000 soldiers participating in exercises over the next few months. These exercises are scheduled to begin next week.Middle East: Conflict in Gaza remains kinetic as before. Independent media coverage falters as censorship quietly increases on social media. Targeting of US military bases in Iraq and Syria increases following high tensions in the region.Red Sea/HOA: Targeting of western-based shipping remains constant as the US Navy continues to intercept many missiles targeting shipping. Houthi forces in Yemen have announced that Russian and Chinese shipping will not be targeted, and ships from these nations are granted freedom of passage through the Red Sea.-HomeFront-TX: State Troopers have begun arresting illegals that cross the border on trespassing charges. This is a substantial change in policy as previously most illegal immigrants entering the US were processed by CBP and released into the US. This move comes as tensions escalate between state and federal forces, following Texas' seizure of the Eagle Pass border crossing a few weeks ago. AC: As a reminder, the Biden regime issued Texas the ultimatum of withdrawing from the area and allowing CBP agents access to the border so as to facilitate illegal immigration more efficiently. This ultimatum expired yesterday, and while Texas did allow CBP agents access to the adjacent boat launch, Texas is still maintaining control of Eagle Pass.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: As the 2024 election season creeps closer, a palpable increase in information warfare and narrative shaping has been observed across multiple domains. On social media, a slow-speed crackdown on alternative media personalities has been noted on Twitter/X as many conservative influencers report a radical change in analytics on the platform. This appears to largely be centered around journalists' coverage of the events in Gaza; the censorship of which has taken the textbook approach of waiting until the news stories die down, then censoring personalities once the media spotlight has shifted to another topic. Similarly, many celebrities, pundits, and even political heads of state have observably changed political views and behavioral patterns with little explanation as to the urgency and speed of their narrative shift. Likewise, MSM reporting has taken an observably hostile tone, with one MSNBC “legal expert” floating the idea of Biden launching a preemptive kinetic strike on Mar-a-Lago. The content of rhetoric observed at the WEF has also recently become more openly hostile as powerful non-state actors attempt to counter resistance to their strategic plans. This perceivable increase in hostile rhetoric is almost certainly linked with the upcoming election season. However, as information warfare takes center stage, the discernment of truth will be much more difficult moving into 2024.Analyst: S2A//END REPORT//

Join Pacific Mammal Research (PacMam) scientists to learn about different marine mammals each episode! We discuss a little about the biology, behavior and fun facts about each species. Have fun and learn about marine mammals with PacMam! This week: Harp seal Presenters: Cindy Elliser, Katrina MacIver Music by Josh Burns Sources: ⁠https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/harp-sealhttps://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/harpseal-phoquegroenland-eng.html⁠ ⁠https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/harp-seal⁠ ⁠https://www.britannica.com/animal/harp-seal⁠ ⁠https://nammco.no/harp-seal/⁠ New Research: Stenson et al. 2020 - Harp Seals: Monitors of Change in Differing Ecosystem: ⁠https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.569258/full⁠ Daoust and Caraguel 2012- The Canadian harp seal hunt: observations on the effectiveness of procedures to avoid poor animal welfare outcomes: ⁠https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-welfare/article/abs/canadian-harp-seal-hunt-observations-on-the-effectiveness-of-procedures-to-avoid-poor-animal-welfare-outcomes/7D9A319A8F86898827F2F03E3C50B154⁠ Stenson et al 2016 - The impact of changing climate and abundance on reproduction in an ice-dependent species, the Northwest Atlantic harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus: ⁠https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/73/2/250/2614432⁠ Gmuca et al 2015 - The Fat and the Furriest: Morphological Changes in Harp Seal Fur with Ontogeny: ⁠https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/680080⁠ Lindstrom et al 2012 Harp seal foraging behaviour during summer around Svalbard in the northern Barents Sea: diet composition and the selection of prey: ⁠https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-012-1260-x⁠ Grahl-Nielsen et al 2011 - Fatty acids in harp seal blubber do not necessarily reflect their diet: ⁠https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v426/p263-276/

During a training exercise in the Barents Sea in August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered an explosion, sinking. It was a small group of submariners who survived the initial explosion and flooding by isolating themselves in an aft compartment, despite being crippled and trapped on the seafloor.If you enjoyed this episode, read about Famous People Whose Bodies Were Never Found — Misdeeds & Intrigue (misdeedsandintrigue.com) or view The Crime of the Century on the Misdeeds & Intrigue Podcast YouTube Channel. Follow Misdeeds and Intrigue Podcast on social mediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/misintriguepodInstagram: www.instagram.com/misintriguepodThreads: https://www.threads.net/@misintriguepod Follow for Curated Collections of ArticlesPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MisIntriguepodFlipboard: https://flipboard.com/@misintriguepod Watch Related Videos & ClipsTikTok: @misintriguepod https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeD9hE5u/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBIxvkybymGErnYs-7XL0gIMDB Playlist: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls088470884/DisclaimerThis episode in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by general law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. ReferencesDiscovery Channel60 Minutes Australia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finland's investigation on pipeline sabotage, the Arctic's biggest conference, cod quotas in the Barents Sea, the Arctic turning into farmland, women on strike in Iceland, and much more!Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at podcast@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Rorshok Ocean Updatehttps://rorshok-ocean-update.captivate.fmWomen's rights in Icelandhttps://borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-iceland/ T-shirtshttps://rorshok.com/buyWanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link:https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Rick Ridgeway is a well-known adventurer, explorer, climber, naturalist, one of the original "Do Boys" with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and North Face founder Doug Tompkins. In this reprise from several years ago, he joins the podcast to talk about his latest book of 25 adventure, "Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map" as well as the climate crisis, extinction events and the many issues facing Ojai. We did not talk about Papua New Guinea, deep-sea creatures from the Barents Sea or millennial uptalk and vocal fry.

Links:Visit the Responsible Seafood AdvocateIn Aruba, a newly approved offshore aquaculture firm is going all in on northern red snapperNovel alternatives like bacteriocins take the lead as future antibiotics replacements for aquacultureGrowing oysters in a garage? Meet the maker of the wrold's first 3D-printed oyster tankResponsible Seafood Innovation Award Finalist Cresponix is rethinking land-based shrimp farmingNorway banned scallop harvesting in the Barents Sea. Responsible Seafood Innovation Award finalist Ava Ocean delivered a tech solutionRead This Week's "Way Back Machine" Article:'Regulation is pushing toward greenifying materials': How one innovator is upcycling  seafood waste into biodegradable packaging foam'Choices are limited when searching for alternatives to antibiotics': How one veterinarian is employing bacteriophages to fight Vibriosis in shrimp farmingCheck out our website!: https://www.globalseafood.org/podcastFollow us on social media!Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | InstagramShare your sustainability tips with us podcast@globalseafood.org!If you want to be more involved in the work that we do, become a member of the Global Seafood Alliance: https://www.globalseafood.org/membership/

On 1 July 1960, a United States RB-47H reconnaissance plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing signals intelligence in the Barents Sea, near the Kola Peninsula, off the Arctic coast of the Soviet Union. Four of the six crew members died. The shootdown occurred exactly two months after the far better-known U-2 shootdown involving Francis Gary Powers and added to the tensions created by that incident. Gary Power and the U2 incident https://coldwarconversations.com/episode23/  I speak with John Mollison, an aviation artist, writer, and award-winning filmmaker. Do check out his website at https://www.johnmollison.com/ John interviewed Captain "Bruce" Olmstead who was co-pilot of the RB47. As a result of his involvement in the incident, Olmstead received the POW medal in 1996 and Silver Star medals in 2004, as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Silver Star Citation reads “For 208 days, Colonel Olmstead was interrogated and harassed at length on a continuous basis by numerous top Soviet Secret Police interrogating teams. Although greatly weakened physically by the lack of food, denial of sleep, and the mental rigors of constant interrogation, Colonel Olmstead steadfastly refused all attempts to give sensitive defense information or be exploited for propaganda purposes. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Colonel Olmstead has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.” Bruce died in October 2016. Extra episode information https://coldwarconversations.com/episode303 The fight to preserve Cold War history continues and via a simple monthly donation, you will give me the ammunition to continue to preserve Cold War history. You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/ Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week it's the tale of the stern trawler Gaul, and the mystery of her 1974 sinking in the Barents Sea fishing grounds, leading to a decades-long search for answers.  Sources:Dispatches - "Secrets of the Gaul." 1997.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secrets+of+the+gaul  Re-opened Formal Investigation Report 2004"Sinking of stern trawler Gaul with loss of 36 lives." Marine Accident Investigation Branch, April 1999. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawler-gaul-in-the-barents-sea-with-loss-of-36-livesCheck out our Patreon here!Support the show

The US Coastguard has confirmed the “catastrophic implosion” of Titan submersible, and tributes have been paid to those on board who've died. Adam talks to North America Correspondent Nomia Iqbal, who's in Newfoundland where it set off from, as well as David Russell, who led the UK effort to rescue survivors from the sunken Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea in 2000. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere This Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

Saturday Mornings host Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys are joined in the studio by Singaporeans Toh Yun Fann, Research Assistant, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University and Yan Yu Ting, Research Fellow, Earth Observatory of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, who returned in May from the Arctic University of Norway, AKMA3 Expedition to study the organisms and processes related to the natural emissions of greenhouse gases in the Barents Sea in the Arctic region.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss current events in energy security, including oil price predictions in June, Norway's expansion into the Barents Sea, and Malaysia's influence on the global supply of rare earth oxides. For the interview section of the podcast, Kelly talks with Mac Van Wielingen about how the world of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) has changed in the new era of geopolitical uncertainty. Guest Bio: - Mac Van Wielingen is founder and chair of Viewpoint Group, a co-founder of Viewpoint Investment Partners, and the founder of Arc Financial Corporation. Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading Recommendation "Twilight of Democracy", by Anne Applebaum: https://www.amazon.ca/Twilight-Democracy-Seductive-Lure-Authoritarianism/dp/0385545800 Interview recording Date: April 20, 2023 Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In August 2000, the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, resulting in the loss of all 118 crew members. At the time, the UK Royal Navy's submarine rescue team was one of the best-equipped in the world, and they offered their services to help save the trapped crew. Access was denied. Today's guest, Mark, was part of that team. For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/access-denied-the-kursk-submarine-rescue-story/.We love receiving your feedback - head over to https://www.battingthebreeze.com/contact/ Thanks for listening!

GRP 176-It is better to be on the move than being still: A Conversation with Sandra Eira A Sami Native At War In Ukraine  Sandra Eira, a Norweigan Sami native and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is my guest for this week's podcast. She worked as a fisherman in the Barents Sea for ten years which is among the most dangerous professions in the world, before serving on the Sami Parliament in northern Norway. During her four years in the Parliament, she studied for a career as a health professional.  After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she immediately traveled to Kyiv to join the fight. Upon arrival, her team was sent to Moshun to halt the Russian advance toward Kyiv. In the ensuing chaos, she was separated from her unit and believed them to be killed during the heavy fighting. This resulted in her being the only medic in a mass casualty situation. After successfully repelling the Russian advance, she reunited with her unit, and they traveled to the southern front. Her team consists of former American Special Operators giving them a wide range of skills and allowing them to rotate in and out of different battles. We discussed their roles, including time spent in Bakhmut, the difficulty of pausing your life to go to war, and much more. Tune in.  Sami Tribe Working as a fisherman for ten years in the Barents Sea Serving in the Sami Parliament for four years Fighting in the battle of Moshun Serving in the southern front Serving in Bakhmut Follow Sandra on all social platforms @dirtydozeneira This episode is sponsored by 4 Patriots, a survival food company. You can visit ⁠⁠www.4patriots.com⁠⁠ and use the code RECON for 10% off. Connect With John Hendricks ⁠⁠www.globalrecon.net⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/igrecon ⁠⁠ Music provided by Caspian: ⁠⁠www.caspian.band Main Takeaways --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalrecon/support

Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Nepal, Iraq, Norway and the US Andrew Harding is at the frontline in Eastern Donbas, close to Russian lines, where soldiers share their dreams of the future after the war, as artillery fire rains down on them. The Yeti airlines crash into a gorge in Nepal last Sunday was the worst in 30 years. Rajini Vaidyanathan saw the grim reality of the crash site and spoke to mourners as they prepared to bury their loved ones. From chocolate biscuits, to porcelain to air-conditioning units, Iranian produce lines the shelves of Baghdad's stores. But despite the strong commercial ties and shared cultural influences, political tensions are flaring in the Kurdistan region of Iraq after the death of Mahsa Amini, writes Lizzie Porter. In Arctic Norway, cod fisherman rely on Russian cooperation to share fish stocks in the Barents Sea equally. Hugh Francis Anderson was in Tromso where he spoke to fisherman increasingly wary that souring relations with Russia could impact their livelihoods. Mark Moran reports from Arizona on the water wars in the state, where rural farmers and ranchers are launching a fightback against the move to divert water to the expanding city of Queen's Creek.

Anya Waite, newly back from COP27 in Egypt, is a professor at Dalhousie University and the senior writer for a new research paper about how carbon is sequestered in the Barents Sea.

In this special episode, we sat down with Bruce Jones, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and author of “To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers.” He sheds light on how, in history, naval power translated to world power, how that's playing out now between the United States and China, and how the cold reaches of the Arctic are becoming the next geopolitical flash point. Jones said: “It's very striking when you look back at the history of empires in the modern period. And what you see is that for most of the last several hundred years, the state or empire or nation that was able to most successfully dominate world affairs was the state or nation or empire that had the largest and most effective navy in the world. For a brief period, that was the Portuguese. For a long period, it was the British. Over the last 100 years or so, it's been the United States. And it matters because so much of world trade moves by the oceans. So much of how we live our lives is shaped by commerce across and underneath the oceans. Just think about digital communications, which is central to everything we do now—modern finance, modern social media, everything else. Ninety-three percent of all data in the world moves on undersea cables. About 85 percent of world trade moves by ocean-going containership and bulk carrier. So if you can dominate the world's oceans, it really gives you an extraordinary influence on global affairs.” As for the Arctic, Jones pointed out there's a lot at stake: “Now, if you think about it from a trade perspective, the distance between Shanghai and New York, if you can sail the Arctic route, is about half the distance if you have to go through the Suez Canal, across the Mediterranean, and then across the Atlantic Ocean. So it has the potential to dramatically cut trade times with dramatic savings. It was similar in nature to what the Suez Canal did to trade between Asia and Europe when it was first established. So it has the potential to be a major change in global commercial routes. That's one. Two, with warming waters, it's more easy to access the energy reserves that are underneath the Arctic Sea, on the continental shelf off the coast of Russia, which are huge. The largest gas find in the world recently was in those waters, in Russian waters, in the Arctic Sea and the Barents Sea. So there are huge commercial stakes. There are huge energy stakes, there are huge fishing stakes. And of course, there are strategic stakes. This is where Russia now has the largest concentration of its naval power.” “The United States has begun to return nuclear submarines to the Arctic for the first time since the end of the Cold War. China is deploying repeated scientific missions, which are, you know, frequently dual use. And so this is really becoming a zone of tense military buildup,” he added. ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

From the Barents Sea of Norway to you and me comes EO3, a product where the pursuit of sustainability and patented technology meet in service of healthy living. Janne Karin Sande, inventor of EO3, is the mind behind this magic. This exclusive interview is found in 'The Dreams Edition' of AwareNow Magazine: www.awarenowmagazine.com Featuring: Janne Karin Sande Interviewed by: Allié McGuire Music by: Sol Rising Produced by: Awareness Ties

Today's podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: workplace horror stories. The audio from these stories has been pulled from our YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:Story 1 -- “Hell Fire" -- Workers make repair inside huge industrial machine (Original YouTube link -- https://youtu.be/46zxGu-y_4A?t=1260)Story 2 -- "The 9th Compartment" -- A secret note was discovered at the bottom of the ocean (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5Gw2vBtgs)For 100s more stories like these, check out our YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallenIf you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallenSPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT:.....Main Sources:Story 1: Hell fire1) Tampa Bay Times investigative piece into what happened -- https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/tampa-electric/big-bend-hellfire-from-above/2) Tampa Bay dot com about what the company is doing to remediate issue -- https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2021/01/22/tampa-electric-will-retire-one-of-its-coal-powered-generators-early/3) Story about the voicemail Antonio's mother received -- https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/mom-got-haunting-phone-call-from-son-as-molten-slag-hit-him-in-big-bend/2329703/4) Confined Space newsletter about worker safety coverage -- https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2017/08/18/workers-lives-tampa/Story 2: The 9th Compartment1) Wikipedia page about the Kursk -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster2) Popular Mechanics write up -- https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23494010/kursk-submarine-disaster/3) Britannica write up -- https://www.britannica.com/event/Kursk-submarine-disaster4) Radio Free Europe write up -- https://www.rferl.org/a/the-kursk-catastrophe-a-lesson-for-putin-is-fading-from-russian-attention-20-years-later/30778500.html5) The National Interest write up -- https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/oh-pictures-how-russian-submarine-died-terrifying-1753876) 19fortyfive write up -- https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/10/kursk-accident-the-scary-way-a-russian-nuclear-submarine-committed-suicide/7) Wikipedia page for Barents Sea -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents_Sea8) Irish Times write up -- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/soaked-letter-tells-last-hours-of-kursk-crew-1.11123669) ABC News write up -- https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=82260&page=1See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Baby grey seals. Polar bears. Zooplankton on painkillers. How do toxic chemicals and substances end up in Arctic animals — and as it happens, native people, too? Our guests on today's show are Bjørn Munro Jenssen, an ecotoxicologist at NTNU, Jon Øyvind Odland, a professor of global health at NTNU and a professor of international health at UiT —The Arctic University of Norway, and Ida Beathe Øverjordet, a researcher at SINTEF.One of the most useful websites on arctic pollution is the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, AMAP. Rachel Carson's book is Silent Spring.Here's a selection of articles from today's episode:Sørmo, E.G., Salmer, M.P., Jenssen, B.M., Hop, H., Bæk, K., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Falk-Petersen, S., Gabrielsen, G.W., Lie, E. and Skaare, J.U. (2006), Biomagnification of polybrominated diphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane flame retardants in the polar bear food chain in Svalbard, Norway. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25: 2502-2511. https://doi.org/10.1897/05-591RBourgeon, Sophie; Riemer, Astrid Kolind; Tartu, Sabrina; Aars, Jon; Polder, Anuschka; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli. (2017) Potentiation of ecological factors on the disruption of thyroid hormones by organo-halogenated contaminants in female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Barents Sea. Environmental Research. vol. 15Nuijten, RJM; Hendriks, AJ; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Schipper, AM. (2016) Circumpolar contaminant concentrations in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and potential population-level effects. Environmental Research. vol. 151.Chashchin, Valery; Kovshov, Aleksandr A.; Thomassen, Yngvar; Sorokina, Tatiana; Gorbanev, Sergey A.; Morgunov, Boris; Gudkov, Andrey B.; Chashchin, Maxim; Sturlis, Natalia V.; Trofimova, Anna; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Nieboer, Evert. (2020) Health risk modifiers of exposure to persistent pollutants among indigenous peoples of Chukotka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 17 (1). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On 12th August 2000, the Kursk sank during routine naval exercises in the Barents Sea. To this day, the exact cause of the accident remains unknown. Please consider donating to patreon.com/societyofstrife or buymeacoffee.com/societyofstrife. You can also follow this podcast on Instagram @societyofstrifepodcast.

This episode sees WARSHIPS IFR Editor Iain Ballantyne and intelligence affairs specialist Chris Carr looking at naval aspects of the Ukraine Crisis. They ponder the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and the associated moves at sea by both Moscow's and NATO's task groups. The topics include: plans for live-firing exercises by Russian warships off Ireland that may be an end in themselves - to assist the Kremlin's diplomatic efforts - or a prelude to long-range cruise missiles strikes on Ukraine; whether or not the real objective off Ireland is to destroy the West's undersea Internet cables; the likely purpose of a Russian amphibious warfare task group sailing across the Mediterranean and headed for the Black Sea. The discussion touches on: China's perspective on what is happening and whose side Beijing probably favours; how today's situation compares to the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s; a possible new ‘Iron Curtain.'  Iain also tells us how, as a young journalist, he sailed into the Barents Sea at the end of the Cold War while ‘embedded' in the British intelligence-gathering warship HMS London. It was a historic voyage that even saw the frigate sail downriver to Murmansk, into the lair of the Russian Bear. • Iain Ballantyne is the Editor of WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine.  For more details on the magazine  http://bit.ly/wifrmag • Chris Carr is a London-based film director and producer who hosts his own podcast, called “Secrets & Spies” on which he interviews authors and former spies about the world of intelligence. He is also the producer of the WARSHIPS POD. For more information on Chris and his work visit https://www.chriscarr.co.uk

Vemund Thorkildsen discusses his paper, "Revisiting holistic migration," published in October's The Leading Edge. In this episode, Vemund discusses questioning the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem, mining gaps in past research, and examining the applicability of holistic migration to seismic field data. He also shares how he connected with Enders Robinson to serve as co-author on the paper. Vemund Thorkildsen is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Oslo studying passive and active electromagnetics in the Barents Sea. Visit https://seg.org/podcast to find the link to Vemund's article, as well as the rest of the special section on quantitative interpretation in October's The Leading Edge. RELATED LINKS * Vemund S. Thorkildsen, Leiv-J. Gelius, and Enders A. Robinson, (2021), "Revisiting holistic migration," The Leading Edge 40: 768–777. (https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40100768.1) * Read the special section: Quantitative interpretation (https://library.seg.org/toc/leedff/40/10) SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by CGG. At CGG, we have a positive outlook for the future - an optimism that drives us to constantly push the boundaries of what's possible. Blending new thinking and advanced technologies, we help you understand and solve the world's most complex natural resource, environmental and infrastructure challenges. Let CGG help you to see things differently. Visit https://www.cgg.com/ to learn more. CREDITS Original music by Zach Bridges. This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary at 51 features, LLC. Thank you to the SEG podcast team: Ted Bakamjian, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis. You can follow the podcast to hear the latest episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes. Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light.A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes.Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

The newest Fast and The Furious sequel is coming out soon so Newt and Tony decided to watch the eighth film even though they didn't see any of them after the second film. In this Podcast / Movie Review Newt and Tony will talk about the things that make The Fate of the Furious about family! Like the the fact that Vin Diesel's character now has a son, or how Jason Statham's character needs to get help from his mother and brother, and how Michelle Rodriguez wants to save her husband!Now that Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon, and Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster) have retired from the game, and the rest of the crew has been exonerated, the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape, and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage, and to bring home the man who made them a family.

  At the age of 22 she had a spinal injury that ended her dreams of becoming an athlete.  Through a lot of pain, disappointment and treatment she slowly got better.  Two years later she wanted to prove to herself that she could still achieve big goals so she set out to cycle the Iron Curtain Trail also known as Eurovelo 13.  The route took her from Norway on the Barents Sea through 19 countries ending on the Black Sea at the Turkish-Bulgarian border.  It was 5 months and 5,600 miles of cycling a diverse range of landscapes, cultures, and climates.  You can read more about her adventure at cyclingtheironcurtain.wordpress.com.  Laura Scott, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Soundings Executive Editor Pim Van Hemmen joins a night patrol of Norway's icy waters near the Barents Sea to learn just how far rescue crews will go to save a boater's bacon

Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: North Sea M&A activity heats up, Equinor makes Barents Sea find, Turkish gas unbundling, OMV Petrom enters Georgia and Sinopec's hydrogen ambitions. Recorded March 12, 2021

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes. Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light.A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes.Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes. Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Dr. Adriana Citlali Ramírez highlights her SEG Honorary Lecture Europe 2021 talk, "Seismic technology in northern European waters and the prevalence of multiples." In this compelling conversation, Adriana showcases the value of exploring and developing mature oil and gas fields, the value of moving first on new technology, and offers great advice to succeed in the industry. This episode will convince you to sign up for her free lecture! Visit https://seg.org/podcast for the complete show notes and links for Adriana's free lecture. BIOGRAPHY Adriana Citlali Ramírez is a Mexican citizen who has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Houston’s Mission-Oriented Seismic Research Program. During her graduate studies, Adriana did internships with Shell, Statoil (now Equinor), ConocoPhillips, and BP. After graduation, she worked in R&D at WesternGeco in the United States, and later at PGS in the UK. In 2012, Adriana joined Equinor’s Research and Technology Exploration unit in Norway, where she led the R&D work related to broadband technology. She later moved to Geophysical Operations and focused on survey design and new technological developments. During her last years at Equinor, she worked as a geophysics specialist in the Chief Geophysicist’s Team in Exploration. In August 2019, Adriana joined TGS in the position of Chief Geophysicist. She has an advisory role for the discipline of geophysics where she focuses on strategy, business, and technology with emphasis on Europe and Russia. Adriana has authored four patents and more than 50 technical publications. She is a member of the EAGE Research Committee, SEG Research Committee, SEG Women’s Network Committee, and Founding Chair of the SEG Europe Regional Advisory Committee. From May 2018 to December 2019, she served on the Board of Directors of SEAM (SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation), where she is now the vice-chair of the Board and chair-elect for 2021. In early 2020, she was awarded the first-ever Monterrey Institute of Technology (Tecnológico de Monterrey) EXATEC Career Award and was chosen as the SEG Honorary Lecturer for Europe in 2021. SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by CGG. Instead of seeing multiples in the North Sea as the enemy, why not put them to work? CGG uses multiples to build better velocity models and images that give unique clarity for near-field exploration and development. With its TopSeis data in the Barents Sea, plus new OBN and duel-azimuth data sets featuring time-lag FWI, CGG provides unmatched insight into North European waters. Contact CGG at https://www.cgg.com/ today to learn how to see things differently during North Sea exploration. CREDITS Original music by Zach Bridges. This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary at 51 features, LLC. Thank you to the SEG podcast team: Ted Bakamjian, Jennifer Crockett, Ally McGinnis, and Mick Swiney.

In this episode of the podcast, I have continued talking about the Arctic. This episode is a little longer than the previous episodes. I have talked on the following topics:France's Importance in the ArcticBackgroundKey issues and challenges ahead in the ArcticPrioritiesInternational Polar Years France's main scientific interests in the arctic.PermafrostEconomic opportunitiesProtecting the arctic marine environments The European Union and the arcticArctic Facts“France will do everything that it can, here in the Far North of the planet, to take action, mobilize its researchers and its businesses, to enable us to preserve this part of the world, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful.”“France will never think that the Arctic Ocean can be treated like any other ocean in terms of the level of environmental precautions. We are calling for the implementation of special, more stringent environmental safety standards in the Arctic where French operators are present.”Additional InfoSize of the Arctic: mainland and sea area located inside the Arctic Circle (66.33° north latitude): 20.946 million km²(approx. 38 times larger than metropolitan FranceSize of the Arctic Ocean: 14.2 million km²Canada and Eurasian Basins, Siberian Seas (Kara, Laptev, and East Siberian seas), the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, Baffin Bay, and Hudson Bay. Maximum depth of the Arctic Ocean: > 5,400 metres (Litke Deep)(approx. 60% of the area of the Arctic Ocean is less than 200 metres deep).Minimum extent of summer sea ice (11 September 2015): 4.4 million km²(4th lowest extent of sea ice in the satellite record)Maximum extent of winter sea ice (March 2015: 14.4 million km²(Sea ice extent in March 2015 was the lowest in the satellite record)Extent of permafrost (frozen ground): Approximately 24% of the land mass in the northern hemisphere and a large, poorly mapped, part of the ocean floor on the continental shelves of the Arctic seas.Follow me on Twitter for daily climate change news: https://twitter.com/realyashnegiSuggestions are always welcome: yashnegi4920@outlook.comSupport the show (https://paypal.me/yashnegi27?locale.x=en_GB)

Twenty-five years ago, anthropologist Hugh Raffles’s two sisters died suddenly within weeks of each other. “Soon after,” he writes in his new book, “I started reaching for rocks, stones, and other seemingly solid objects as anchors in a world unmoored, ways to make sense of these events through stories far larger than my own, stories that started in the most fundamental and speculative histories—geological, archaeological, histories before history.” The Book of Unconformities is his meditation on the unlikely human stories unearthed in some of the oldest things in the earth—Manhattan marble, the Cape York meteorite, Icelandic lava, petrified whale blubber—and the questions they raise about the very nature of anthropology and memory itself.Go beyond the episode:Hugh Raffles’s The Book of UnconformitiesStarting in the 9th century CE, Chinese philosophers began to study and collect gongshi, or scholars’ rocks Behold the standing stones of CallanishThe Cape York meteorite is still part of the collection of the American Museum of Natural HistoryOutside Svalbard, a 17th-century whaling station became a crucible for processing whales—and the remnants of that isolated society are preserved in the solidified blubber on its shoresAnd read Neil Shea’s Letter from the Barents Sea, in which he traveled through the Svalbard archipelago in polar nightTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Twenty-five years ago, anthropologist Hugh Raffles’s two sisters died suddenly within weeks of each other. “Soon after,” he writes in his new book, “I started reaching for rocks, stones, and other seemingly solid objects as anchors in a world unmoored, ways to make sense of these events through stories far larger than my own, stories that started in the most fundamental and speculative histories—geological, archaeological, histories before history.” The Book of Unconformities is his meditation on the unlikely human stories unearthed in some of the oldest things in the earth—Manhattan marble, the Cape York meteorite, Icelandic lava, petrified whale blubber—and the questions they raise about the very nature of anthropology and memory itself.Go beyond the episode:Hugh Raffles’s The Book of UnconformitiesStarting in the 9th century CE, Chinese philosophers began to study and collect gongshi, or scholars’ rocks Behold the standing stones of CallanishThe Cape York meteorite is still part of the collection of the American Museum of Natural HistoryOutside Svalbard, a 17th-century whaling station became a crucible for processing whales—and the remnants of that isolated society are preserved in the solidified blubber on its shoresAnd read Neil Shea’s Letter from the Barents Sea, in which he traveled through the Svalbard archipelago in polar nightTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back in the summer of 2000, the world waited in anticipation, contemplating the fate of the crew of the Kursk, a Russian submarine that was stuck disabled on the floor of the Barents Sea. The story was fascinating, intriguing and being reported in real-time during the early heydays of the new newsy Internet. It was amazing to me how big this sub was -- 118 souls on board. The sub was 430 feet long. And lying disabled at a depth of 354 feet. Think about that -- a 430 foot long sub, stuck 350 feet deep -- the sub was actually 80 feet longer than the depth it was stuck at. Nevertheless, all rescue attempts failed and investigation showed the whole crew was dead anyway. Pretty chilling stuff. The original Wikipedia page lives at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster Special note: I am not so hot with Russian names, I am certain my pronunciations are comically off. Please forgive me. Send feedback or contact us via email at: wikireadia@pm.me. Follow on Twitter; @ItsWikireadia --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eric-goeres/support

This episode we're starting the week-to-week coverage of the battle and it's the end of July 1942. As we've heard, Hitler had split his Southern Army in two sending the Fourth Panzers to the Black Sea to secure the coast while the 6th Army continued onwards towards the Don River. Hitler had ignored General Halder's protestations about the buildup of Soviet troops to the East of these units – at least a million men were now based across the Volga River and in the Caucuses. The Soviets were also producing at least 500 tanks a month which was almost the same number Germany's massive manufacturing sector was churning out – and Hitler didn't believe that either. He also thought the Russians were close to collapse. They weren't. On the 28th July 1942 Hitler was celebrating the capture of Rostov in the South and his southern Army's rapid drive towards the Don River where the Soviet army faced annihilation. If the German army made it west of the Don River, they would then be able to challenge Soviet troops on the Volga and in Moscow, Joseph Stalin was aware what that would mean. The Germans would cut his country in two and seize the all-important Black Sea ports feeding material into Moscow. In other theatres there was even more bad news. A large allied shipping convoy with the code name PQ-17 on its way to Russia had been destroyed in the Barents Sea. In his office in the Kremlin, Stalin was pacing back and forth listening to the latest report on the war presented by General Vasilevsky. It was full of the words retreat, withdrawal, surrender. Apparently this is where Stalin blurted “They've forgotten my Stavka order!” which he had issued in August 1941. “That was anyone who removed their insignia during battle and surrendered would be regarded as a malicious deserter who's family would be arrested.” The deserters would be shot dead on the spot. “They've forgotten it!” he yelled. “Write a new one along the same lines.” He ordered Vasilevsky. The General had a few hours to redraft the order and then report back to Stalin who was seething now convinced that some of his own army had lost their nerve and needed severe disciplining.

On this episode the Kursk Submarine Disaster is discussed. On August 12, 2000 the Russian nuclear powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea and all 118 crew members were killed. 

In this episode of the Pen and Sword podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks to William Craig Reed about an event that happened twenty years ago, after the Cold War had ended, and a few months before the US and Russia sent the first crew to the international space station. The event was the explosion that sent the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. William Craig Reed says the tragic accident wasn't the whole story of that event and we can learn much from what happened today. Reed is the former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, and the author of Red November. You can read original geopolitical analysis of the Kursk event, as well as the relationship between Russia, China and the U.S. today at Stratfor Worldview, the premiere geopolitical publication from RANE. Podcast listeners get a significant discount on a subscription. Go to stratfor.com/podcastoffer to subscribe.

Russian and Norwegian interests intersect and occasionally collide in the Barents Sea and Svalbard, an Arctic geopolitical hotspot where lucrative fisheries, extensive energy resources and strategic nuclear forces exist in relatively close proximity. To analyze why simmering tensions between Norway and Russia in the Barents-Svalbard region have once again risen to the surface, Polar Geopolitics is joined by Dr. Andreas Østhagen, a senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and an expert on Arctic geopolitics and the Barents Sea.

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes. Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light.A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes.Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

Twenty years after the most terrifying submarine disaster in naval history, the untold story about why the Russians buried the truth and how Vladimir Putin used the incident to ignite a new Cold War finally comes to light. A decade after the Cold War and just a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power, a violent explosion sent the Russian submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Russians claimed an outdated torpedo caused the incident and refused help from the West while twenty-three survivors died before they could be rescued. When Russian naval officers revealed evidence of a collision with a U.S. spy sub, Putin squelched the allegations and fired the officers. In Spies of the Deep, the New York Times bestselling author of Red November shatters the lies told by both Russian and U.S. officials and exposes several shocking truths. Included are never-before-revealed facts and firsthand accounts from deep sea rescue divers, U.S. submariners, government officials, Russian naval officers, and expert witnesses. Not to mention unveiled evidence of a secret deal between Putin and U.S. President Bill Clinton to avert a nuclear war. Discover how the Kursk propelled Putin to power and how he used its demise to muzzle oligarchs, wrest control of energy firms, rebuild Russia's military, and dominate Arctic resources and sea routes. Spies of the Deep explores how the Kursk incident will be remembered as a pivotal historical event that propelled the world's superpowers into another, far more dangerous Cold War, sparked conflicts in the Arctic, and fueled a resource war that could create an economic nightmare not seen since the Great Depression. Are U.S. and NATO navies already too far behind to deal with new threats from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and if so, how might that impact each of us?

This week, we're excited to welcome Darra Goldstein to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.In her latest cookbook, Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore, Darra journeys 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle to the Kola Peninsula, bordering the Barents Sea. It's "one of the literal ends of the earth—next stop, North Pole," Darra writes in the book. She travels here to rid herself of any outside influence and explore the true complexities of Russian cuisine during the country's harsh winters.Previously, Darra wrote Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking (nominated for a James Beard Award in 2016) and her first cookbook, A Taste of Russia: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality, first published in 1983. Darra is also the founding editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture.Her journey allowed her to discover what's at the heart of Russian cuisine: whole grains, fermented foods, and unique flavors such as sea buckthorn and fireweed leaves. The recipes in Beyond the North Wind offer a refreshing take on old techniques: think Raspberry Kvass, homemade Farmer's Cheese, Russian Handpies, and Buckwheat Croutons.With a cookbook that's both inventive and inviting, Darra captures the landscape of Russian cuisine both past and present through her elevated storytelling and desire to shed the stereotypes of Russian cuisine. By bringing its history, people, and geography to the forefront, she gives us an in-depth understanding of how Russian food came into existence and how it's evolved.In today's show, Salt + Spine producer Madeleine Forbes sits down with Darra in a San Francisco café to discuss:Russian cuisine before and after the Soviet Union;featured recipes from Beyond the North Wind, including infused vodkas and 20-minute pickles;the process of seeking and preparing food during Russia's notoriously intense winters;some of Russia's unique culinary ingredients, like sea buckthorn and fireweed leaves;Russian hospitality and the country's restaurant landscape today;and deconstructing the stereotype that Russian food is bland or boring.PLUS: Recipes for Horseradish Vodka and 20-Minute Pickles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and LoreBy Darra Goldstein INTRO: Welcome to the number one cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book with Suzy Chase. She's just a home cook in New York City, sitting at her dining room table talking to cookbook authors.Darra Goldstein: I'm Darra Goldstein, and my latest book is Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore.Suzy Chase: For more Cookery by the Book, you can follow me on Instagram. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to share it with a friend. I'm always looking for new people to enjoy Cookery by the Book. Now on with this show.Suzy Chase: The first time you traveled to Russia was in your imagination at five years old when you discovered a small wooden cup in your parents' closet. What was it about that cup?Darra Goldstein: I'm not sure exactly what it was, but it was so different from anything else I had ever seen. It was wooden and engraved with woodcuts and painted, and the scene was of onion domes. So, Russian Orthodox churches although I obviously at age five couldn't say that it was a Russian Orthodox church. But I sensed that it was something very exotic, and then I was told that it had been my grandmother's, and she came from Russia. And so I created this whole narrative, this whole story about it. A couple years later, my beloved little brother did a chemistry experiment right in that cup and destroyed it.Suzy Chase: No.Darra Goldstein: Yes. I was devastated because the cup somehow represented everything that my grandmother would never tell me about her life in the old country. And when I was putting together the burnt pieces of this cup, I saw on the bottom that there was a stamp that said Made in USSR, and I realized that I had just created a fiction. That it wasn't from the old country. She hadn't brought it from her childhood to the United States. It was a souvenir that somehow had ended up in my parents' closet.Suzy Chase: So let's fast forward to 1972. Can you describe what it was like to immerse yourself in Soviet Russia?Darra Goldstein: Yeah, it was kind of frightening but at the same time exhilarating. I had tried to go there to study. It was in the depths of the Cold War, and as a young American it was quite difficult to get there. And I was accepted in the one program that would have allowed for a semester of study there.Darra Goldstein: So I went to University of Helsinki instead to study Russia and went on a weekend jaunt with a group of Fins to Leningrad. They liked to go there because the alcohol was cheaper in the Soviet Union. My first impression after crossing the border, and the bus was very thoroughly checked by Soviet guards going into a building in what had been part of Finland but was now Soviet Union called Vyborg. And just smelling cabbage and onions.Darra Goldstein: So my first experience was one that was perhaps not so pleasant. Cabbage and onions smell fantastic but only when they're well cooked, and this smelled old. The world seemed gray on the other side of the border, and people seemed closed up. But there was also something intriguing. I met a group of young disaffected Russians, and they took me under their wing. And I saw a completely different side. One of joyousness and hilarity and also delicious food.Darra Goldstein: There were wonderful hot donuts. This was in November, so it was already cold and snowy. And there were fresh donuts coming right out of these big vats in little kiosks by the railroad station. There were Crimean meat pies called chebureki that also were fried, and quite luscious, and just exploded with flavor in my mouth. There were little shops that sold the Siberian dumplings known pelmeni. Where you could go in and get a steaming bowl. I really had flavors I had never encountered before.Suzy Chase: And wasn't this around the time that it was dangerous for Russians to interact with Americans?Darra Goldstein: Yes. They wouldn't have been arrested, but they were often called in and harassed and made to feel very uncomfortable. So the people who did open their homes to me were taking certain risk. But there's this hospitality that people are warm, the tables are filled with all kinds of food that you wouldn't necessarily have seen in the stores during the Soviet years because they wanted to do whatever they could to honor guests.Darra Goldstein: That generosity of spirit is something that I think is deeply Russian and that I have wanted to convey to Americans. Especially now when things are once again so fraught with Russia.Suzy Chase: So this cookbook is filled with your stories of Russian culture and spectacular recipes from obscure to well known. Would you say Russian cuisine is defined by geography?Darra Goldstein: I think originally it was. Again, today the world is very different and you can go there and find food and produce from many parts of the world. And so it's not as limited as it once was. What I wanted to do with this book was try to go back to discover the elemental flavors, the foods that people have been cooking for a good ... Well, in terms of Russian history, Russia accepted Christianity in 988. So that is sort of the beginning of Russian history. So 1,000 years.Darra Goldstein: And these are foods and ingredients that now we consider very healthful. There's a lot of fermentation, a lot of whole grains, a lot of cultured dairy products, root vegetables. All of these things were what they had to work with because of the cold climate. And beautiful, beautiful fish.Suzy Chase: According to you, what's the true heart of Russian food?Darra Goldstein: I would say that it has to do with a taste for the sour. A tanginess that you get from fermentation, from culturing, from curing. There is a lot of salted fish. There's smoked fish. There are pickles that are done through lacto-fermentation where you just layer them with salt and you get these wonderful probiotics. Russian style pickles don't use vinegar. Mushrooms are salted. A lot of the vegetables are very slow cooked. One of the distinctive things about traditional Russian cooking is that they had big masonry stoves. There was a lot of wood. That was one thing that was in abundance in the Russian north, and so people didn't have to spare fuel as they did in other parts of the world.Darra Goldstein: These stoves were heated to very high temperatures at which point Russia's wonderful pies could be baked to get beautifully browned crusts. You could bake bread. And then as the temperature fell, you would put in slow cooked stews or vegetable dishes. One of the revelations for me was just taking turnips, which I think in the States turnips aren't a go-to vegetable the way say broccoli might be. And you just layer these turnips in a casserole and cook them very slowly with a little bit of water and a bit of sunflower oil. They turn out melting in your mouth and are really delicious.Suzy Chase: As I've said many times on this podcast, my favorite types of cookbooks are ones that are part travel log and part recipes. In Beyond the North Wind, the photographs make us feel like we're meandering around the countryside. Tell us a little bit about the photos.Darra Goldstein: The photos are extraordinary. I wanted the photographer to be the same photographer who had shot the pictures for my previous cookbook, Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking. His name is Stefan Wettainen, and he's a Swede of Finnish background. He just captured the landscape photography so beautifully in Fire and Ice as well as the food shots that I knew he was the one I wanted.Darra Goldstein: But when I first asked him if he would participate in this book, he hesitated. He had grown up with his mother's stories of really severe hardship and loss during the so-called Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union 1939, 1940. And he had heard this phrase in his childhood, "Never trust a Russian even if he's been fried in butter."Suzy Chase: Oh, wow.Darra Goldstein: And so even though Stefan knew that was just a phrase, it had resonance for people who had experienced very difficult time, he still had some hesitation. He'd never been to Russia. But he agreed to do it, and he was really the one I wanted for another reason, too. He had been in the equivalent of what was the Swedish Navy SEALs. So he's this very hardy, strong, intrepid person, and I feel like he's the only photographer I know who would have gone 200 miles above the Arctic Circle in February to stand on the edge of the Barents Sea for over two hours at midnight in I don't remember what it was, probably -20, -30 plus wind chill factor to catch the Northern Lights, and that photograph appears in the book. So he was a wonderful travel companion.Suzy Chase: I'm interested to hear about the allure of the Arctic for you.Darra Goldstein: I was just there last week. There was a wonderful festival in Kirkenes, Norway, just across the border from Russian that is called the Barents Spektakel. It's a yearly arts festival that celebrates the return of the sun to these far northern places, and I presented my book there. And once again, I was struck by the quality of the light.Darra Goldstein: So there's the sea, and there is snow. In the summer there is the midnight sun. So even though we think of Russia and the far north as a dark place, a perhaps grim place where not a lot of vegetables or other things might grow, it is incredibly beautiful in a very austere kind of crystalline way. The flavors that you get because of the nature of the soil, and then in the summer the short growing season but constant sun, means that the flavors are quite intense. Everything just feels magnified to me there. You feel as though you are on the edge of the world, and that to me is quite thrilling.Suzy Chase: The photos to me look like it's quiet. It looks very silent.Darra Goldstein: Yes. That was another thing I was just reminded of. We went out after midnight to chase the Northern Lights, and I live in a pretty quiet part of the country here in The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, but there's always a little bit of residual noise from a highway that's actually across the border in Vermont, but you get sound. And there, unless you're right by the sea and of course you hear the sound of waves, but if you're away from it, it is absolute stillness. And you feel that there's still wilderness in the world. You can go to places where you don't see human trace.Suzy Chase: My all-time favorite episode of Parts Unknown was when Anthony Bourdain and Zamir Gotta drank lots and lots of vodka. In the book you wrote about Russians' love of vodka, can you talk a little bit about that?Darra Goldstein: It is in the summer very refreshing. You drink it ice cold right out of the freezer, and so it chills and cools. In the winter when you're cold, that initial taste is chilling, but then as it slides down your throat and gets into your body, it warms you up. So it's a very functional drink in that regard. It also is really wonderful with salty things like caviar or different kinds of smoked fish, salted pickles. It is a perfect accompaniment to the appetizers that Russians call Zakuski which are these small bites that you have to whet the appetite before the meal proper.Darra Goldstein: What I like to do is take plain vodka and infuse it with different flavorings. My favorite is probably horseradish. That's another stereotype about Russian food, that it's very bland. They really love horseradish and strong mustard. So it is not a palette cuisine. You add some horseradish to vodka, let it infuse for 24-48 hours, and it has this beautiful kick, or you can make pepper vodka. Another one I like that is quite subtle is you smash some cherry hits and let those infuse. It is a pale, pink vodka that is quite delicate and lovely.Darra Goldstein: You always have to toast when you drink vodka. You're never supposed to just drink it, and you toast to your friends, you toast to peace, you toast to people's accomplishments. You toast to people who are no longer with us. It is a real art to be poetic with the toasts that you give.Suzy Chase: So on the other hand, I don't think of honey when I think of Russia, but early travelers wrote of great pools and lakes of honey in Russia's forest. It became one of Russia's most valuable exports. Over the weekend, I made your recipe for sour cream honey cake on page 260. Now sour cream and honey, those are two flavors I wouldn't ever think about putting together.Darra Goldstein: That, to me, is a wonderfully Russian combination. Because the honey, the Russians do have a sweet tooth, and they always used honey until sugar became more widely available and less expensive in the late 19th century. So that isn't really that long ago. Sour cream mitigates the plain sweetness of honey and gives it that tiny bit of tang that the Russians really like. So you put the two together, and I think it's a pretty brilliant combination. That cake is so ... Did you enjoy it?Suzy Chase: Yeah, it's so light and lovely and so different.Darra Goldstein: The chef who gave me the recipe came from Murmansk to demonstrate this cake for the audience, and it was every bit as good as I remembered it in her hands.Suzy Chase: Now, did she make it square?Darra Goldstein: No, she made it round.Suzy Chase: Okay. Because in the cookbook it says to make it in a square, but I couldn't do a square so I did round.Darra Goldstein: Yeah. You can do it square, round. The reason I did it square was so that I could do these freeform shapes on a baking sheet, but you could make the rounds using a tart ring or a cake pan. The main thing is to have the honey cake layers with the sour cream in between that you allow to soften the honey cake layers, and then the whole thing becomes one delectable whole.Suzy Chase: Yesterday, I made your recipe for classic cabbage soup. Can you describe this recipe?Darra Goldstein: This recipe is really awesome. You know how I said at the beginning of our conversation that my first smell of the Soviet Union was of cabbage and onions, and it wasn't good?Suzy Chase: Yep.Darra Goldstein: I discovered old recipes for what is known as 24 hour soup. So it's not a quickly made cabbage soup where you just sautée some onions and garlic and then perhaps you would have a beef broth, and then you would add the cabbage, and you cook it, and there's your cabbage soup. The classic Russian soup is made with sauerkraut, and again it is that taste for the sour that differentiates the Russian cabbage soup from others, and the brilliant thing about the 24 hour one is that you take the sauerkraut and you bake it in the oven. That caramelizes the sugars that are in the cabbage, and so you get this really ... I'm actually starting to salivate as I think about it. You get this really wonderfully richly flavored sauerkraut that you then freeze.Darra Goldstein: Of course, in old Russian in the winter you just stuck the pot outdoors and it froze. Now I take it and put it in the freezer. And from that previously frozen sauerkraut which also mellows the flavor of it so that it's not so sharp, you make this cabbage soup. It is really beautiful, and it completely upended my ideas about what cabbage soup is. And now I love it.Suzy Chase: It was so multilayered, and you're right. I think the roasting of the sauerkraut mellowed out the sour part.Darra Goldstein: Yeah.Suzy Chase: It's so good.Darra Goldstein: So it has a bit of a sweet edge, but it's not cloying.Suzy Chase: Now for my segment called My Favorite Cookbook, aside from this cookbook what is your all-time favorite cookbook and why?Darra Goldstein: If there's one cookbook that I keep going back to and still discovering new recipes from, it's Richard Sax's classic home desserts, and it's a compendium of a baking and other kinds of desserts with some historical recipes with copious headnotes, but the main thing is that all of his recipes work beautifully, and one of my favorites that I make all the time is chocolate cloud cake. It's a flourless chocolate cake that sort of sinks like a crater in the middle, and then you fill that crater with whipped cream, and it just melts in your mouth.Suzy Chase: Where can we find you on the web and social media?Darra Goldstein: So my website is DarraGoldstein, that's one word, DarraGoldstein.com. Instagram which I love is Darra.Goldstein. Twitter is Darra_Goldstein.Suzy Chase: Wonderful. Well thanks, Darra, for coming on Cookery by the Book podcast.Darra Goldstein: Thanks so much for your interest, Suzy, and enjoy your cabbage soup tonight.OUTRO: Subscribe over on CookerybytheBook.com, and thanks for listening to the number one cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book.

" We are in the process of going through the gospel of Mark. This morning, we're going to cover a lot of territory in Mark 5.  Before we get into this text, I'm going to ask you to join your hearts together with me in prayer.  Father, we've gathered together today to rejoice in you and worship you and bless you.  Lord, I thank you for every person that is here today.  Thank you for your church.  Lord, I want to pray for your church globally today, whether it's in Japan or Jakarta, whether it's in Austria or Argentina.  We think of the church in the United States.  Whether it's in Oregon or Ohio.  We think of the church here in Denver and Englewood and Littleton.  Lord, we pray that you would bless your church, that you would use her to extend the good news of the gospel and expand your kingdom of grace and love.  Lord, we also thank you for your Word.  We thank you for what it teaches us about you and what you're doing.  So as we look into this text this morning, out of Mark's gospel, we pray that you might enlighten our minds, Lord, that by your grace you might touch our hearts, that we might see more of you.  We ask this now in the great and powerful name of Jesus.  Amen. In August of 2000 a Russian submarine, called the Kursk, went down in the Barents Sea. Divers were sent down to assess the situation and determine if anyone had survived. As they were circling the sub they heard a pinging sound and began to put their heads as close as they could to the hull.  The pinging sound was Morse code coming from some men who had gone to the back of the sub where there was still some air.  The divers heard a phrase in code and then interpreted it.  That phrase was composed of four words:  IS THERE ANY HOPE?"

Norway (Norwegian: About this soundNorge (Bokmål) or About this soundNoreg (Nynorsk); Northern Sami: Norga; Southern Sami: Nöörje; Lule Sami: Vuodna), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi)[6] and a population of 5,312,300 (as of August 2018). The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden (1,619 km or 1,006 mi long). Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, and the Skagerrak strait to the south, with Denmark on the other side. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence also dominates Norway's climate with mild lowland temperatures on the sea coasts, whereas the interior, while colder, is also a lot milder than areas elsewhere in the world on such northerly latitudes. Even during polar night in the north, temperatures above freezing are commonplace on the coastline. The maritime influence brings high rainfall and snowfall to some areas of the country. Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Erna Solberg has been prime minister since 2013 when she replaced Jens Stoltenberg. As a unitary sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet and the supreme court, as determined by the 1814 constitution. The kingdom was established in 872 as a merger of many petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,147 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was a part of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, and from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War. Norway remained neutral until April 1940 when the country was invaded and occupied by Germany until the end of Second World War. Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels: counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have a certain amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament and the Finnmark Act. Norway maintains close ties with both the European Union and the United States. Norway is also a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and a part of the Schengen Area. In addition, the Norwegian languages share mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish. Norway maintains the Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system, and its values are rooted in egalitarian ideals. The Norwegian state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, having extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, and fresh water. The petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas outside of the Middle East. The country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists.l On the CIA's GDP (PPP) per capita list (2015 estimate) which includes autonomous territories and regions, Norway ranks as number eleven. It has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with a value of US$1 trillion. Norway has had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the world since 2009, a position also held previously between 2001 and 2006. It also had the highest inequality-adjusted ran --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehistoryexpress/support

Norwegian artist Jana Winderen records sounds above and below the surface of our blue planet to compose site-specific sonic environments. For four days during Miami Art Week 2019, she invites you to step inside the Collins Park Rotunda on Miami Beach, for The Art of Listening: Under Water. Miami’s waterways, the Barents Sea and the Tropical Oceans come together within the spherical space, to immerse you in an acoustic collage. The Art of Listening: Under Water portrays the fragile and complex beauty that circulates through the currents of the interconnected marine world. Winderen’s ephemeral installation promises to leave us with a lasting impression. Those who take time to float into the sensory experience will take away a new understanding of sonic relationships that echo across our seas.  Exploring a global issue of growing concern, our episode with Jana Winderen is the perfect finale for 2019. Visit our website, to hear other conversations centered on environments at risk and explore opportunities to engage with our new and ongoing initiatives. Sound Editor: Anamnesis Audio | Special Audio: Jana Winderen  Related Episodes: Ellen Harvey on Public Art and Climate Action, Bill Fontana on Sound & Space, Where Art Meets Sand and Social Behavior, Sound Art and Contemporary Culture with IKT Miami, Art and the Rising Sea Related Links: Jana Winderen, Tony Myatt, Audemar Piguet Art Projects, Albert Vrana, Art Basel Miami Beach  

The wedding banquet put on hold by protests and emergency legislation in Hong Kong. Helier Cheung describes how she had to tell 300 guests the party was off. It's 250 years since Captain Cook first set foot in New Zealand and the first time the Maori encountered Europeans. That anniversary is being marked this month and this week a replica of Cook's ship, the Endeavour, docked in the small city of Gisborne. But the anniversary has not been universally welcomed, as Colin Peacock reports. Uganda has had the same man in charge, Yoweri Museveni, since 1986. Challengers for the office of president have come and gone and Mr Museveni has twice changed the rules - on the number of presidential terms and on the maximum presidential age - to ensure his longevity. But now a new challenger has appeared, in the form of a former pop star. Sally Hayden has been on the road with Bobi Wine. Bear Island - some 250 miles off the northern coast of Norway - is home to a few hardy souls who staff the weather station there. Legend says it got its name from a polar bear spotted swimming nearby in the Barents Sea. But David Baillie says these majestic creatures are few and far between now. More than 14,000 people in Britain have reached the grand age of 100. One of the perks of this achievement is the traditional message of congratulation from the Queen. In France there are even more centenarians but no similar tradition, no message from the president. Well, not until Nicola Carslaw stepped in.

War Brief: Blasts in Iraq destroys the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, and 2 Russian submarines fired ballistic missiles into the Arctic Ocean, and Barents Sea and more

Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake' hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother's avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean   'Geirdodo' patron saint of extinct birds circa 2068. Collage by Valentin Manz IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!)   VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html   BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details   GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA Pictures courtesy of Tone Reiertsen             VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY' UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Guillemot_(Uria_aalge)_(W1CDR0001424_BD6).ogg https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/why-do-baby-guillemots-jump-off-cliffs-before-they-can-even-fly/ https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a1f-d3cb-a96c-7b1faa890000 Where do guillemots go in the winter? (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/avslorer-lomviens-vinterhemmelighet-1.11273128 Great auk wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk Long interesting article from a conference on capelin (small fish): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjD8OLZwtTeAhXIs1kKHalLBa8QFjAJegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Ficesjms%2Farticle-pdf%2F59%2F5%2F863%2F6756499%2F59-5-863.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3nE2WSUM9J2FkM8I9YmE2W   EIDER DUCKS http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-eider.html http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/organisms/birds/marine/ducks/comEider.htm Documentary on eider ducks and the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay http://www.peopleofafeather.com/   MAN WHO ATE AIRPLANE Man who ate an airplane http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67621-strangest-diet Man who ate airplane x-ray photo http://www.u2know.com/michel-lotito-the-man-with-a-strange-diet-aid-146   KITTIWAKE Kittiwakes in trouble https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/cliffs-lying-barren-why-we-cant-afford-ignore-kittiwake-crash https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Pages/186674 (norsk) Credits This episode of hello X was co-produced with Fram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships: Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)   With support from the Norwegian Arts Council hello X theme Music by Metatag on Hel Audio http://www.helaudio.org/artists/metatag/ Episode music is by Theta (specially composed for this episode. Tusen takk!) https://thetasounds.wordpress.com/ Artists contributing to the ‘The Piper Colobocentratus Purple-tipped Echinometra Plinthocelium, A Not Applicable Compilation' including tracks by: Leverton Fox, Alex Bonney / Isambard Khroustaliov / Tolga Tüzün, Tangents, Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov, Ben + Zamyatin Link to album page https://www.not-applicable.org/?p=2050 Bonus track! ‘Fear of Mapping (Maurizio Ravalico's Left Handed Marching Army version) - Fiium Shaarrk : from ‘Versions, Remixes and Mashups' on Not Applicable Hello X is supported by: Sparebank Northern Norway the free speech foundation Innovation Norway Koro -public art norway   Ice-9 partners and affiliates include: Tromsø municipality https://www.tromso.kommune.no/arktisk-hovedstad.460300.no.html The Nansen legacy research project https://arvenetternansen.com/ The North Norwegian Art Museum https://www.nnkm.no/ Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg, Valentin Manz. Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm. Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin. Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries Find out more about hello X here https://hellox.me/about/      

(*NORSK/ENG versjon) Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake' hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother's avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean   'Geirdodo'-patron saint of extinct birds 2068 (collage by Valentin Manz) Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!) VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html   BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details   GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA   VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY' UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Guillemot_(Uria_aalge)_(W1CDR0001424_BD6).ogg https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/why-do-baby-guillemots-jump-off-cliffs-before-they-can-even-fly/ https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a1f-d3cb-a96c-7b1faa890000 Where do guillemots go in the winter? (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/avslorer-lomviens-vinterhemmelighet-1.11273128 Great auk wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk Long interesting article from a conference on capelin (small fish): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjD8OLZwtTeAhXIs1kKHalLBa8QFjAJegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Ficesjms%2Farticle-pdf%2F59%2F5%2F863%2F6756499%2F59-5-863.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3nE2WSUM9J2FkM8I9YmE2W   EIDER DUCKS http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-eider.html http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/organisms/birds/marine/ducks/comEider.htm Documentary on eider ducks and the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay http://www.peopleofafeather.com/   MAN WHO ATE AIRPLANE Man who ate an airplane http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67621-strangest-diet Man who ate airplane x-ray photo http://www.u2know.com/michel-lotito-the-man-with-a-strange-diet-aid-146   KITTIWAKE Tone Reiertsen on kittiwakes in Fram Forum magazine ( in Norwegian) Kittiwakes in trouble https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/cliffs-lying-barren-why-we-cant-afford-ignore-kittiwake-crash https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Pages/186674 (norsk) Credits This episode of hello X was co-produced with Fram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships: Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)   With support from the Norwegian Arts Council hello X theme Music by Metatag on Hel Audio http://www.helaudio.org/artists/metatag/ Episode music is by Theta (specially composed for this episode. Tusen takk!) https://thetasounds.wordpress.com/ Artists contributing to the ‘The Piper Colobocentratus Purple-tipped Echinometra Plinthocelium, A Not Applicable Compilation' including tracks by: Leverton Fox, Alex Bonney / Isambard Khroustaliov / Tolga Tüzün, Tangents, Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov, Ben + Zamyatin Link to album page https://www.not-applicable.org/?p=2050 Bonus track! ‘Fear of Mapping (Maurizio Ravalico's Left Handed Marching Army version) - Fiium Shaarrk : from ‘Versions, Remixes and Mashups' on Not Applicable Hello X is supported by: Sparebank Northern Norway the free speech foundation Innovation Norway Koro -public art norway   Ice-9 partners and affiliates include: Tromsø municipality https://www.tromso.kommune.no/arktisk-hovedstad.460300.no.html The Nansen legacy research project https://arvenetternansen.com/ The North Norwegian Art Museum https://www.nnkm.no/ Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg, Valentin Manz. Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm. Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin. Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries Find out more about hello X here https://hellox.me/about/      

In Episode XLI the crew dives deeper into the modern day brand spanking new 2018 submarine movie Hunter Killer. The film is directed by Donovan Marsh and stars: Gerard Butler, Linda Cardellini, Common, and Gary Oldman. Tensions ratchet up when a US submarine is shot down in the Barents Sea, a new submarine captain goes to investigate and finds out things don’t seem to be adding up. When a rogue military general tries to overthrow the Russian president, US forces step in to save the day. Hop on board the USS Wetfloater as we discuss the movie, trivia, The Phantom Zone where Jamie connects the movie back to Ed Harris’ Phantom, Subs Worldwide where Kyle discusses the Russian November Class, and our we’re joined by a special guest Patrick from BadMovieTwins.com in the 41st installment of Submersion.

On the 12 of August 2000, the Kursk, a Russian nuclear submarine was participating in a major naval exercise in the Barents Sea. It was targeting simulated enemy vessels with cruise missiles and torpedo's when a huge explosion destroyed the front section sinking it. 23 members of the 118 crew survived the blast and died a matter of hours later. The explosion was blamed on a chemical leak, but some say the US navy had a part to play. Is there any truth to this ?   Facebook @robotsforeyespodcast Instagram @robotsforeyespodcast Twitter @robotsforeyes robotsforeyes@gmail.com   Higher Than Infinity By Chris Sutton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Higher-than-Infinity-C-Sutton/dp/1984000934/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535748018&sr=8-1&keywords=higher+than+infinity

The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discov

On December 31, an Allied convoy bound for Russia was intercepted by a fleet of large Nazi warships. Over a three hour period, the British destroyer escort fought with the Germans. The conflict came to be known as the Battle of the Barents Sea, and the German Navy had been routed.

On December 31, an Allied convoy bound for Russia was intercepted by a fleet of large Nazi warships. Over a three hour period, the British destroyer escort fought with the Germans. The conflict came to be known as the Battle of the Barents Sea, and the German Navy had been routed.

We look at Statoil’s decision to go ahead with oil development in Norway’s remote Barents Sea.

Foredragsholder: Contre-Amiral (FRA N) Stanislas DE LA MOTTE, Head of International Relationship; French Navy. The French perspectives of allied and bi-lateral operations in the High North. With reference to the new Norwegian Long-Term Plan for Defence Development 'Capable and Sustainable', and the French 'Roadmap for Arctic' (2016,) which French Capabilities and Capacities are available to support the Northern Flank (with emphasize on Northern Norway, the Norwegian and Barents Sea,) in times of peace, crisis and war? Oslo Militære Samfund: http://oslomilsamfund.no Besøk oss på Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/oslomilitaresamfund/

On October 6 at noon, William Geroux will deliver a Banner Lecture entitled “The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-Boats.” In his book, The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-Boats, author William Geroux uses the experiences of merchant mariners from Mathews County, Virginia, to tell the largely forgotten story of the heroics and sacrifices of the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II. Mathews, a rural outpost on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, had been a cradle of merchant sea captains and mariners since before the American Revolution. When America entered World War II in December 1941, Mathews mariners were scattered on ships throughout the war zones, and they became prime targets for German U-boats trying to choke off the Allied supply line. Mathews mariners faced U-boats in the North and South Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean, and even the icy Barents Sea in the Arctic Circle. Some died terrible deaths. Others survived torpedo explosions, flaming oil slicks, storms, shark attacks, and harrowing lifeboat odysseys—only to ship out again as soon as they’d returned to safety. Nearly every family in Mathews County had a personal stake in the U-boat war, and none had a greater stake than the family of Capt. Jesse and Henrietta Hodges and their seven sons, who would experience the war in all its horrors and triumphs. William Geroux was a newspaper reporter for more than thirty years, mostly with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He also has worked for Maersk, one of the world's largest commercial shipping companies. He is the author of The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-Boats.

Florence School of Regulation: FSR.EUI.eu Event Programme: http://fsr.eui.eu/Events/ENERGY/Workshop/2015/150130CompletionInternalEnergyMarket.aspx Introduction Alberto Pototschnig | FSR/EUI Session 1: Completing the Internal Energy Markets: Consumer Expectation Peter Claes | IFIEC, The expectation of energy intensive consumers Monika Štajnarová | BEUC, Is the internal energy market delivering for smaller consumers? Session 2: Progress Towards the Creation of an Internal Electricity Market Christophe Gence-Creux | ACER, Where do we stand? Roundtable: Priorities for completing the internal electricity market Robert Staschus| ENTSO-E Hans Randen | NordPool Spot/Europex Session 3: Progress Towards the Creation of an Internal Gas Market Dennis Hesseling | ACER, Where do we stand? Roundtable: Priorities for completing the internal gas market Tom Maes | AGWG, (Via conference call, not in video) Vittorio Musazzi | ENTSOG Overview: In the conclusion of its meeting on 4 February 2011, the Council of the European Union set 2014 as the target date for the completion of the Internal Electricity and Gas Markets. This goal was reaffirmed in the conclusions of the meeting on 22 May 2013. Significant progress has been achieved towards meeting this objective, both in terms of the development of the required market and network operation rules and on the ground. In fact, in terms of rulemaking, two network codes have already been adopted, a third one should be adopted soon and ten more have already been recommended for adoption to the European Commission and they could soon enter into the Comitology process. Moreover, a number of the main provisions in these network codes have already been implemented in practice, through the voluntary cooperation of national regulatory authorities (NRAs), transmission system operators (TSOs) and other stakeholders. This early implementation approach has been supported by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), which has coordinated the definition of a number of Roadmaps for the rapid and effective integration of the electricity and gas markets, to deliver tangible benefits to EU energy consumers as soon as possible. In the electricity day-ahead timeframe, a single market-coupling platform operates, since May 2014, to determine prices and cross-border flows on a large part of the EU, from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Barents Sea. Similarly, a single platform is already used for allocating capacity on the majority of internal EU gas interconnection points. However much still remains to be done. The first coordinated auction for long-term electricity cross-border transmission rights is expected to take place in the second half of 2015, on the basis of harmonised auction rules currently being developed. In the intra-day timeframe of the internal electricity market, the development of a single continuous-trading, market-coupling platform has been repeatedly delayed and the go-live is now expected by the end of 2015 at the earliest, more than two years later than originally planned. Liquidity of many gas hubs still needs to be enhanced so that they could provide robust price signals to determine the efficient flow of gas across the EU. A well-functioning internal energy market is also increasingly recognised as an important contributor to the security of energy supply of the EU, as well as a pre-requisite for any additional measure to promote such security. This Workshop aims at reviewing progress in the creation of a single market in electricity and gas across the EU and at identifying what is still missing so that EU consumers can reap the full benefits. The Workshop will be structured in three sessions. Session I will be devoted to assess energy consumers’ expectations from the internal energy market and the benefits already accrued to them. Sessions II and III will aim at reviewing progress towards the creation of a single market in electricity and natural gas, respectively.

Ocean colour remote sensing has often been used to study polar seas, especially in Antarctica where the optical properties of the upper ocean are not as complex as they are in the Arctic (Comiso et al., 1990, Comiso et al., 1993, Sullivan et al., 1993, Arrigo et al., 1998, Stramski et al., 1999, Arrigo et al., 2008b). It was shown based on OC data that primary production in Antarctic waters has changed little over the last 14 years (Arrigo et al., 2008b). In contrast, the few studies that have been conducted to date in the Arctic Ocean suggest that pan‐Arctic primary production, as well as photooxidation of coloured dissolved organic matter have been increasing (Belanger et al., 2006, Pabi et al., 2008, Arrigo et al., 2008a) as a consequence of receding perennial ice. The annual maximum phytoplankton biomass is now reached earlier in several Arctic seas (Kahru et al., 2010). As the extent of the seasonal ice zone increases (difference between the annual maximum and minimum extents), ice‐edge blooms may play a heightened role (Perrette et al., 2011). The on‐going changes within the context of accelerating climate change necessitate a vastly improved understanding of the polar ecosystems based on an intensive observation program. The use of ocean colour remote sensing in polar regions is, however, impeded by a number of difficulties and intrinsic limitations including: The prevailing low solar elevations. At high latitudes, the Sun zenith angle is often larger than the maximum (generally 70°) for which atmospheric correction algorithms have been developed based on plane‐parallel radiative transfer calculations. Consequently, at high latitudes, a large fraction of the ocean surface is undocumented for a large part of the year even though primary production may be significant. The impact of ice on remotely sensed reflectance. Belanger et al (2007) and Wang et Shi (2009), used radiative transfer simulations to examine the effects of the sea ice adjacency and sub‐pixel ice contamination on retrieved seawater reflectance and level‐2 ocean products. They found significant impacts within the first several kilometres from the ice‐edge and for concentrations of sub‐pixel ice floes exceeding a few percent. The deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM). A DCM is very often observed both in the Antarctic and Arctic Oceans. In the Arctic Ocean, the freeze‐thaw cycle of sea ice and the large export of freshwater to the ocean by large Arctic rivers create pronounced haline stratification within the surface layer. In post‐bloom conditions, a deep‐chlorophyll maximum is associated with such vertical stratification. Contrary to the DCM observed at lower latitudes (Cullen, 1982), the Arctic DCM often corresponds to a maximum in particulate carbon and primary production (Martin et al., 2010). The statistical relationships between surface chlorophyll and chlorophyll concentration at depth developed for lower latitudes (Morel et Berthon, 1989) are most probably not valid for the polar seas (Martin et al., 2010). Ignoring the vertical structure of the chlorophyll profile in the Arctic Ocean leads to significant errors in the estimation of the areal primary production (Pabi et al., 2008, Hill et Zimmerman, 2010). The peculiar phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters. The low irradiance and seawater temperature prevailing in polar seas are associated with unique biooptical and photosynthetic parameters characteristic of extreme environments (Rey, 1991) that must be accounted for in primary production models. To date, only a few studies have attempted to do so in the Arctic Ocean (Arrigo et al., 2008b). The optical complexity of seawater, especially over the Arctic shelves. Because of the important freshwater inputs, the Arctic continental shelves, which occupy 50% of the area, are characterized by high concentrations of CDOM (Matsuoka et al., 2007, Belanger et al., 2008). Also, as a consequence of photoacclimation to low irradiances, phytoplankton cells often contain large amounts of pigments. The chlorophyll‐specific absorption coefficient is therefore particularly low due to pronounced pigment packaging (Cota et al., 2003, Wang et al., 2005). Because of these optical peculiarities, standard ocean colour algorithms do not work in the Arctic Ocean (Cota et al., 2004, Matsuoka et al., 2007). The persistence of clouds and fog. High latitudes are known to present a heavy cloud cover. In addition, as soon as sea ice melts and opens waters come in direct contact with the atmosphere, fog develops near the sea surface. These features limit the usage of ocean colour data. This lecture will cover all of the topics mentioned above and will be organized into two parts (90’ each) as detailed below : 1 Ocean colour remote sensing in polar seas Ocean, sea ice and atmosphere in Arctic and Antarctic: relevant features Seawater optical properties Retrieval of ocean properties from ocean colour: Atmospheric corrections Contamination of the signal by sea ice Retrieval of IOPs and AOPs, and biogeochemically relevant variables Availability of data as favoured by polar orbits and limited by elevated Cloudiness 2 Primary production estimates from OC in polar seas General features of Arctic and Antarctic Oceans related to PP (phytoplankton species, annual cycle of PP, nutrients, DCM) PP models and their validation Results from PP models Bibliography Arrigo KR, Van Dijken G, Pabi S, 2008a. Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production. Geophysical Research Letters 35. Arrigo KR, Van Dijken GL, Bushinsky S, 2008b. Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997 2006. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Arrigo KR, Worthen D, Schnell A, Lizotte MP, 1998. Primary production in Southern Ocean waters. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 103, 15587‐600. Belanger S, Babin M, Larouche P, 2008. An empirical ocean color algorithm for estimating the contribution of chromophoric dissolved organic matter to total light absorption in optically complex waters. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Belanger S, Ehn JK, Babin M, 2007. Impact of sea ice on the retrieval of water‐leaving reflectance, chlorophyll a concentration and inherent optical properties from satellite ocean color data. Remote Sensing of Environment 111, 51‐68. Belanger S, Xie HX, Krotkov N, Larouche P, Vincent WF, Babin M, 2006. Photomineralization of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in Arctic coastal waters from 1979 to 2003: Interannual variability and implications of climate change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20. Comiso JC, Maynard NG, Smith WO, Sullivan CW, 1990. Satellite Ocean Color Studies of Antarctic Ice Edges in Summer and Autumn. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 95, 9481‐96. Comiso JC, Mcclain CR, Sullivan CW, Ryan JP, Leonard CL, 1993. Coastal Zone Color Scanner Pigment Concentrations in the Southern‐Ocean and Relationships to Geophysical Surface‐Features. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 98, 2419‐51. Cota GF, Harrison WG, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Stuart V, 2003. Bio‐optical properties of the Labrador Sea. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 108. Cota GF, Wang H, Comiso JC, 2004. Transformation of global satellite chlorophyll retrievals with a regionally tuned algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment 90, 373‐7. Cullen JJ, 1982. The Deep Chlorophyll Maximum ‐ Comparing Vertical Profiles of Chlorophyll‐A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39, 791‐803. Hill VJ, Zimmerman RC, 2010. Estimates of primary production by remote sensing in the Arctic Ocean: Assessment of accuracy with passive and active sensors. DeepSea Research Part IOceanographic Research Papers 57, 1243‐54. Kahru M, Brotas M, Manzano‐Sarabia M, Mitchell BG, 2010. Are phytoplankton blooms occurring earlier in theArctic? Global change biology doi: 10.111/j.13652486.2010.02312.x. Martin J, Tremblay JE, Gagnon J, et al., 2010. Prevalence, structure and properties of subsurface chlorophyll maxima in Canadian Arctic waters. Marine EcologyProgress Series 412, 69‐84. Matsuoka A, Huot Y, Shimada K, Saitoh SI, Babin M, 2007. Bio‐optical characteristics of the western Arctic Ocean: implications for ocean color algorithms. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 33, 503‐18. Morel A, Berthon JF, 1989. Surface Pigments, Algal Biomass Profiles, and Potential Production of the Euphotic Layer ‐ Relationships Reinvestigated in View of Remote‐Sensing Applications. Limnology and Oceanography 34, 1545‐62. Pabi S, Van Dijken GL, Arrigo KR, 2008. Primary production in the Arctic Ocean, 1998‐2006. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Perrette M, Yool A, Quartly GD, Popova EE, 2011. Near‐ubiquity of ice‐edge blooms in the Arctic. Biogeosciences 8, 515‐24. Rey F, 1991. Photosynthesis‐Irradiance Relationships in Natural Phytoplankton Populations of the Barents Sea. Polar Research 10, 105‐16. Stramski D, Reynolds RA, Kahru M, Mitchell BG, 1999. Estimation of particulate organic carbon in the ocean from satellite remote sensing. Science 285, 239‐42. Sullivan CW, Arrigo KR, Mcclain CR, Comiso JC, Firestone J, 1993. Distributions of Phytoplankton Blooms in the Southern‐Ocean. Science 262, 1832‐7. Wang J, Cota GF, Ruble DA, 2005. Absorption and backscattering in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 110. Wang MH, Shi W, 2009. Detection of Ice and Mixed Ice‐Water Pixels for MODIS Ocean Color Data Processing. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47, 2510‐8.

Ocean colour remote sensing has often been used to study polar seas, especially in Antarctica where the optical properties of the upper ocean are not as complex as they are in the Arctic (Comiso et al., 1990, Comiso et al., 1993, Sullivan et al., 1993, Arrigo et al., 1998, Stramski et al., 1999, Arrigo et al., 2008b). It was shown based on OC data that primary production in Antarctic waters has changed little over the last 14 years (Arrigo et al., 2008b). In contrast, the few studies that have been conducted to date in the Arctic Ocean suggest that pan‐Arctic primary production, as well as photooxidation of coloured dissolved organic matter have been increasing (Belanger et al., 2006, Pabi et al., 2008, Arrigo et al., 2008a) as a consequence of receding perennial ice. The annual maximum phytoplankton biomass is now reached earlier in several Arctic seas (Kahru et al., 2010). As the extent of the seasonal ice zone increases (difference between the annual maximum and minimum extents), ice‐edge blooms may play a heightened role (Perrette et al., 2011). The on‐going changes within the context of accelerating climate change necessitate a vastly improved understanding of the polar ecosystems based on an intensive observation program. The use of ocean colour remote sensing in polar regions is, however, impeded by a number of difficulties and intrinsic limitations including: The prevailing low solar elevations. At high latitudes, the Sun zenith angle is often larger than the maximum (generally 70°) for which atmospheric correction algorithms have been developed based on plane‐parallel radiative transfer calculations. Consequently, at high latitudes, a large fraction of the ocean surface is undocumented for a large part of the year even though primary production may be significant. The impact of ice on remotely sensed reflectance. Belanger et al (2007) and Wang et Shi (2009), used radiative transfer simulations to examine the effects of the sea ice adjacency and sub‐pixel ice contamination on retrieved seawater reflectance and level‐2 ocean products. They found significant impacts within the first several kilometres from the ice‐edge and for concentrations of sub‐pixel ice floes exceeding a few percent. The deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM). A DCM is very often observed both in the Antarctic and Arctic Oceans. In the Arctic Ocean, the freeze‐thaw cycle of sea ice and the large export of freshwater to the ocean by large Arctic rivers create pronounced haline stratification within the surface layer. In post‐bloom conditions, a deep‐chlorophyll maximum is associated with such vertical stratification. Contrary to the DCM observed at lower latitudes (Cullen, 1982), the Arctic DCM often corresponds to a maximum in particulate carbon and primary production (Martin et al., 2010). The statistical relationships between surface chlorophyll and chlorophyll concentration at depth developed for lower latitudes (Morel et Berthon, 1989) are most probably not valid for the polar seas (Martin et al., 2010). Ignoring the vertical structure of the chlorophyll profile in the Arctic Ocean leads to significant errors in the estimation of the areal primary production (Pabi et al., 2008, Hill et Zimmerman, 2010). The peculiar phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters. The low irradiance and seawater temperature prevailing in polar seas are associated with unique biooptical and photosynthetic parameters characteristic of extreme environments (Rey, 1991) that must be accounted for in primary production models. To date, only a few studies have attempted to do so in the Arctic Ocean (Arrigo et al., 2008b). The optical complexity of seawater, especially over the Arctic shelves. Because of the important freshwater inputs, the Arctic continental shelves, which occupy 50% of the area, are characterized by high concentrations of CDOM (Matsuoka et al., 2007, Belanger et al., 2008). Also, as a consequence of photoacclimation to low irradiances, phytoplankton cells often contain large amounts of pigments. The chlorophyll‐specific absorption coefficient is therefore particularly low due to pronounced pigment packaging (Cota et al., 2003, Wang et al., 2005). Because of these optical peculiarities, standard ocean colour algorithms do not work in the Arctic Ocean (Cota et al., 2004, Matsuoka et al., 2007). The persistence of clouds and fog. High latitudes are known to present a heavy cloud cover. In addition, as soon as sea ice melts and opens waters come in direct contact with the atmosphere, fog develops near the sea surface. These features limit the usage of ocean colour data. This lecture will cover all of the topics mentioned above and will be organized into two parts (90’ each) as detailed below : 1 Ocean colour remote sensing in polar seas Ocean, sea ice and atmosphere in Arctic and Antarctic: relevant features Seawater optical properties Retrieval of ocean properties from ocean colour: Atmospheric corrections Contamination of the signal by sea ice Retrieval of IOPs and AOPs, and biogeochemically relevant variables Availability of data as favoured by polar orbits and limited by elevated Cloudiness 2 Primary production estimates from OC in polar seas General features of Arctic and Antarctic Oceans related to PP (phytoplankton species, annual cycle of PP, nutrients, DCM) PP models and their validation Results from PP models Bibliography Arrigo KR, Van Dijken G, Pabi S, 2008a. Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production. Geophysical Research Letters 35. Arrigo KR, Van Dijken GL, Bushinsky S, 2008b. Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997 2006. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Arrigo KR, Worthen D, Schnell A, Lizotte MP, 1998. Primary production in Southern Ocean waters. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 103, 15587‐600. Belanger S, Babin M, Larouche P, 2008. An empirical ocean color algorithm for estimating the contribution of chromophoric dissolved organic matter to total light absorption in optically complex waters. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Belanger S, Ehn JK, Babin M, 2007. Impact of sea ice on the retrieval of water‐leaving reflectance, chlorophyll a concentration and inherent optical properties from satellite ocean color data. Remote Sensing of Environment 111, 51‐68. Belanger S, Xie HX, Krotkov N, Larouche P, Vincent WF, Babin M, 2006. Photomineralization of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in Arctic coastal waters from 1979 to 2003: Interannual variability and implications of climate change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20. Comiso JC, Maynard NG, Smith WO, Sullivan CW, 1990. Satellite Ocean Color Studies of Antarctic Ice Edges in Summer and Autumn. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 95, 9481‐96. Comiso JC, Mcclain CR, Sullivan CW, Ryan JP, Leonard CL, 1993. Coastal Zone Color Scanner Pigment Concentrations in the Southern‐Ocean and Relationships to Geophysical Surface‐Features. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 98, 2419‐51. Cota GF, Harrison WG, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Stuart V, 2003. Bio‐optical properties of the Labrador Sea. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 108. Cota GF, Wang H, Comiso JC, 2004. Transformation of global satellite chlorophyll retrievals with a regionally tuned algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment 90, 373‐7. Cullen JJ, 1982. The Deep Chlorophyll Maximum ‐ Comparing Vertical Profiles of Chlorophyll‐A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39, 791‐803. Hill VJ, Zimmerman RC, 2010. Estimates of primary production by remote sensing in the Arctic Ocean: Assessment of accuracy with passive and active sensors. DeepSea Research Part IOceanographic Research Papers 57, 1243‐54. Kahru M, Brotas M, Manzano‐Sarabia M, Mitchell BG, 2010. Are phytoplankton blooms occurring earlier in theArctic? Global change biology doi: 10.111/j.13652486.2010.02312.x. Martin J, Tremblay JE, Gagnon J, et al., 2010. Prevalence, structure and properties of subsurface chlorophyll maxima in Canadian Arctic waters. Marine EcologyProgress Series 412, 69‐84. Matsuoka A, Huot Y, Shimada K, Saitoh SI, Babin M, 2007. Bio‐optical characteristics of the western Arctic Ocean: implications for ocean color algorithms. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 33, 503‐18. Morel A, Berthon JF, 1989. Surface Pigments, Algal Biomass Profiles, and Potential Production of the Euphotic Layer ‐ Relationships Reinvestigated in View of Remote‐Sensing Applications. Limnology and Oceanography 34, 1545‐62. Pabi S, Van Dijken GL, Arrigo KR, 2008. Primary production in the Arctic Ocean, 1998‐2006. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 113. Perrette M, Yool A, Quartly GD, Popova EE, 2011. Near‐ubiquity of ice‐edge blooms in the Arctic. Biogeosciences 8, 515‐24. Rey F, 1991. Photosynthesis‐Irradiance Relationships in Natural Phytoplankton Populations of the Barents Sea. Polar Research 10, 105‐16. Stramski D, Reynolds RA, Kahru M, Mitchell BG, 1999. Estimation of particulate organic carbon in the ocean from satellite remote sensing. Science 285, 239‐42. Sullivan CW, Arrigo KR, Mcclain CR, Comiso JC, Firestone J, 1993. Distributions of Phytoplankton Blooms in the Southern‐Ocean. Science 262, 1832‐7. Wang J, Cota GF, Ruble DA, 2005. Absorption and backscattering in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Journal of Geophysical ResearchOceans 110. Wang MH, Shi W, 2009. Detection of Ice and Mixed Ice‐Water Pixels for MODIS Ocean Color Data Processing. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47, 2510‐8.