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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 years

different day...

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

6 years

This is the most beautiful Landsat satellite image of a #plankton bloom in the Baltic on the 18 July 2018

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Mark Brandon

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4 years

"The darkest reds represent dry conditions that should occur only 2 percent of the time (about once every 50 years)."

Signs of Drought in European Groundwater

Long-term rainfall deficits, heat waves, and increased evaporation have depleted some of the groundwater supply beneath central and eastern Europe.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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Mark Brandon

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3 years

Yesterday was one of those days filled with new experiences. Grateful to all my brilliant colleagues who enabled me - and who often did all the hard stuff. Wishing everyone the best for '22.

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Mark Brandon

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11 months

Who couldn’t love an #Antarctic iceberg

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

Today I want to look at pictures of ice covered mountains to relax me. This is Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia #Antarctica

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

2 years

Another lifetime ambition ticked. Got ashore at Point Wild which is where Shackleton and his men ended up after the loss of the endurance. I’m by the Pardo memorial with two other members of the team

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

1 year

Really great piece of work led by @JuliaAndreasen "a comprehensive dataset of change in ice shelf area on 34 Antarctica ice shelves over the last decade"

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

But they are doing it again, and now. E.g the hard brexit adds run with well hidden funding on faceache

James O'Brien

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5 years

Of course, the real legacy of the collective failure to report, understand & punish the various crimes, lies & deceptions of the Leave campaigns is the absence of deterrent. From opaque funding to targeted Facebook lies to electoral fraud - why wouldn’t they just do it all again?

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

Haven’t posted a penguin pic for a while… a gentoo chick

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

There we have it. Cape Disappointment, South Georgia.

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Mark Brandon

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4 years

I can seen myself using this to teach about proxies in climate science... More Brilliance from XKCD

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Mark Brandon

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4 years

Strange morning and so much to thank people for. I've been lucky to work in the Arctic and Antarctic for so long, and there's so much more to do - and so many researchers and communication people to help and work with. 2021 has to be more straightforward doesn't it. HNY all

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Mark Brandon

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10 months

Morning view on the Antarctic Peninsula

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

It is true, as @citizenjoesmith says, it’s impossible to take a bad picture of an #iceberg

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

In Drygalski Fjord at the Southern end of South Georgia. Amazingly atmospheric

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Mark Brandon

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8 years

I wrote this re giant icebergs -> When an Antarctic iceberg the size of a country breaks away, what happens next?

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

This is Point Wilde and it’s where Shackleton’s men camped and waited for about 4 months whilst Shackleton, Worsley as navigator, Crean, McNish, Vincent and McCarthy left for South Georgia in the James Caird. It is incredibly bleak #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

I love the amazing complexity of ice, and the amazing colours you can get - from white - to bright blue #CryosphereWednesdays

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

Incredible mountain scenery at South Georgia.

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

South Georgia has been magnificent today

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Mark Brandon

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4 years

@mrjamesob @BBCr4today It's the same old same old "I disupute your professional fact based analysis with my ill informed opinion"

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

One year ago, 12 December 2019 I was at Elephant Island. The place where Shackleton's men camped #Antarctica . It was the right weather to visit. Sombre. Impressive

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

6 years

@LeoHickman Great job. <applause>

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 months

Elephant Island, Point Wilde. At end is where Shackleton’s men were

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

What a difference 10 days makes. The snow cover change is impressive. #Antarctica Melts Under Its Hottest Days on Record

Antarctica Melts Under Its Hottest Days on Record

Ice caps and glaciers felt the heat as temperatures reached 18.3°C (64.9°F).

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

The rather beautiful Alexander Island #Antarctica . This is at the Southern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. I love this picture so much I use it on the back of one of my business cards.

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Mark Brandon

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3 years

Platelets donation. So straightforward and brilliant staff. Plus 3 Kit Kats. I’ll never not be surprised it’s yellow. @GiveBloodNHS

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

Icebergs, bergy bits, gentoo penguins and snow. What more could you want?

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Mark Brandon

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10 months

I can’t explain exactly why, but I think Adelie penguins are my favourite. Maybe because I haven’t been bitten by one?

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

I think this is the best satellite image I've seen of Elephant Island #Antarctica - the place where Shackleton's Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition ended up. Incredible image

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

Loving that sky today. Turning towards Port Lockroy

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

Don’t really do pictures of me, but here we are. The light at 2100 in the southern Gerlache Strait

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

What a fantastic location for an #Antarctic research station #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

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11 months

Port Foster, Deception Island today. Have a great day all

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

9 months

This is #Antarctic #Iceberg D28 which calved from the Amery Ice shelf. Amazing footage from the ISS

ISS Above

@ISSAboveYou

9 months

This gigantic iceberg, approximately 35x21 miles in size, was spotted to the Northeast of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean Jan 8, 2024 - 15:48 UTC @Space_Station

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 months

I know it’s tough at home. So morning coffee at South Georgia

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

3 years

They misspelled Arctic. <shrug> I misspelled Antarctic on the envelope when I applied for a job at the British Antarctic Survey. I got the job. I failed English Language O level 3 times. I really hoped we'd got past laughing at people who struggle with english and maths.

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 years

Day highlight: Hearing @ed_hawkins had been promoted to Professor of Climate Science. Congrats Ed! Well deserved!

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

1 year

"At the end of this week we've got the spring tides, errm... doesn't feel right because we're in autumn, but anyway... " 1 minute 8 in.

Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

1 year

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey on why better assets were not in place to help residents hit by floods: "Most of our rain comes from the West. This was rain coming from the other way. We don't have quite as much experience on that." 👀 ~AA #StormBabet

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Happy Birthday @OpenUniversity One 50 yr old to another! So proud to work for an organisation that has contributed so much to social justice #OU50

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

South Georgia dawn view. Heading in close now #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

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9 years

Fantastic photogeologic #Pluto map from @OpenUniversity PhD Student in @daverothery 's piece http://t.co/AhpPXW3K93

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

Fin whales in front of Clarence Island

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

OK so it’s only a small iceberg, but it’s a lovely iceberg. This one grounded at the entrance to Dryglaski Fjord. Heading now to the Antarctic Peninsula where we will see bigger ones. South Georgia #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

Humpback whale in Dallmann Bay

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

So I finally finished my inaugural lecture. Seriously who ever heard of finishing a talk a week before you give it? Now in the pre rehearsal smug place before I get constructively broken

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

2 years

Important to remember that @BBCEarth had input from so many brilliant researchers in the polar community along with their amazing and incredible production team. They are all amazing, and I’m in awe #FrozenPlanet2 (pic from Frozen Planet)

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

#Antarctic Cat! #ThingsYouFindInOldPolarMovies

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

3 years

So this is happening for me. Filming on the first RRS Discovery. Need to stop being speechless

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

2 years

Nearly a month out of internet access is good for the soul. Now in Buenos Aires heading back to the UK. An amazing trip to Antarctica and South Georgia with amazing friends and colleagues

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

10 months

Another Dallmann Bay humpback whale

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Mark Brandon

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8 months

Beautiful evening in the Gerlache Strait

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

10 months

Modern cameras are incredible. I took this pic of a southern fulmar last night and the iso setting was 8000. I should learn how to use it properly!

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

A special day at Grytviken

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Mark Brandon

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7 months

King Penguins at Royal Bay. Amazing what you can get just with a phone

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Mark Brandon

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11 months

Beautiful from every angle. Antarctic Peninsula

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Mark Brandon

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2 years

At the @OpenUniversity graduation ceremony with @climate_badger @geologyclare and @lindsay_odell #OUFamily

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 months

Emotional day. Saw beautiful things. Did amazing stuff. Made some people happy. Heard sad news. Sign off on the sad news is inspiring. Go out there and make magnificent memories”. I will try. I hope you all do too

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Mark Brandon

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3 years

Finally celebrating the MBE with socially distanced friends

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Mark Brandon

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11 months

How was your Monday morning?

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Mark Brandon

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2 years

Really like the Guardian review of #FrozenPlanet2 five stars and the break out character is the Pallas Cat "He is a cat for our times... who looks as if he’s eaten three other Pallas’s cats and a bulldog"

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Huh. I managed to catch my reflection in an elephant seals eye at Gold Harbour South Georgia #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

This is a story about research on arctic climate. Look at the picture...

The Weather Channel India

@weatherindia

5 years

Ozone-depleting substances caused half of Arctic warming and sea ice loss between 1955 and 2005, causing about a third of all global warming during that period, reveals a significant study. Read: 📸: Xinhua/Bai Guolong/IANS

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

Sometimes I struggle to understand why someone wouldn’t want to work on the problem of how glaciers interact with the ocean #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

3 years

I'll forever be astonished we can see pictures of our planet like this. the #Antarctic eclipse 4 December 2021 from the Deep Space Climate Observatory.

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

I have the best colleagues. You really don't have to tread on people to "succeed", and all of us have to hold on the assumptions when we meet people. Thanks so much @flimsin

Prof Tamsin Edwards

@flimsin

4 years

Prof Mark Brandon MBE. For services to Polar Science. @icey_mark is among the kindest & most humble people I know. And deeply devoted to supporting others & communicating science. I’ve benefited from his cheerleading over the years, as a colleague & friend. So happy to see this!

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Mark Brandon

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7 years

So far 290 ships have successfully transitted the North West Passage. Lots of reasons this has increased. Being able to is one. #Arctic .

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Views like this make me happy. I don’t know why - they just do… #MarkIsSouthAgain

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

small #iceberg and reflection. It's Friday. I'm looking for some reflection...

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

3 years

So that was a decent email rant about USS. If university leaderships can't see the link between the lofty ambitions about increasing diversity of the workforce and what they've decided to do then I question their good faith

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

Sorting out pictures for a new course. I love icebergs so much. This is from the Weddell Sea

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 years

I know it's what it was designed to do, but you have be impressed by this @BAS_News #Antarctic research station and the operations team

The Guardian

@guardian

8 years

British Antarctic research station to be moved due to deep crack in the ice

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

10 months

I’ve haven’t said yet… on this trip I’ve been on 8 of the expedition team are women, including the leader, and deputy. This is a pic I took yesterday at Livingstone Island of one of my outstanding women colleagues

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

(writing a paper with someone who insists on putting two spaces after a full stop. The problem is they're a much better writer than me so I can only grind my teeth)

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 years

Some amazing things in the # #ColourAndVision exhibition at @NHM_London . Beautiful shells

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

The #Arctic sea ice extent is still creeping down. Currently 3.8 million km2, which is ~2.5 million km2 below the 1981-2010 mean. Just over a weeks more of the expected melt season to go.

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

A reflection of an #Antarctic ice covered mountain in the Lemaire Channel

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 months

You have to post a porthole pic don’t you

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

I was free school meals, working class, first generation, and still only one from my family to go into HE. Those are some of the reasons I work at the @OpenUniversity - I care about social mobility and the OU is an engine for change

Tim Blackman

@TimJBlackman

4 years

Just 13% “male, white British free school meals pupils” go into higher education, 2% to the most selective institutions. Well researched article on issue long championed by ⁦ @MaryCurnockCook ⁩

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

8 months

Quite a morning. Hope you all had a good one

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

4 years

So much angry stuff on here today. Yes yes good reason etc etc. I’ve never been angry looking at icebergs. Here’s a little iceberg to bring calm (to me at the least)

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 months

Morning Coffee at Elephant Island

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

10 months

Small tabular iceberg in Antarctic Sound

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

In the Neuymayer Channel this morning and possibly a Port Lockroy stop after some boating

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 years

One of the many reasons #BluePlanet2 is so great is the incredible commitment of the location teams. Seriously patient and brave

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Just taken me 3 hours to pack my rucksack to go to Antarctica. Confidently predict unpacking will take less than a minute. Cat helped

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Mark Brandon

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2 years

On my way to the Antarctic Club 86th Annual dinner. The first since before the Pandemic. I think I remembered how to tie a bow tie. We shall see

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

11 months

Nice view with a cup of tea

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Up to 185 overheads for my 35 minute inaugural. What's that thing about everyone needing an editor? Time to start deleting...

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

7 years

Wow. My piece now >600k reads. When an Antarctic iceberg the size of a country breaks away, what happens next?

When an Antarctic iceberg the size of a country breaks away, what happens next?

A massive glacier tongue sticking out off the edge of the continent has been snapping off every 70 years.

theconversation.com

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

6 years

For those interested in sensible units this is a loss of a ~hundred times the area of Wales.

Gizmodo

@Gizmodo

6 years

The world has lost three Texases-worth of old Arctic sea ice in just 30 years #AGU18

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Mark Brandon

@icey_mark

5 years

Foxes in my garden

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Mark Brandon

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6 years

I would like to be in front of a glacier today...

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Mark Brandon

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5 years

Have to say it. Really liked Pan as an Arctic Fox #HisDarkMaterials

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Mark Brandon

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4 years

Thin sheets of #Antarctic Sea ice This is called finger rafting, and it's when sheets of thin sea ice called nilas ice, collide slowly and ride up on top of each other. When you watch this happen there is a hissing sound as the plates slide over each other