Dave Babb

Scientist @umanitoba studying Arctic sea ice | IPCC AR6 Polar Regions | @igsoc Global Seminar Series | #NHLJets fan | Probably building Lego with my 2 sons.

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The Müller ice core is now complete at 613m, making this the longest ice core in Canada.

From a colleague:

We came to Müller, brave and bold,
To drill through secrets deep and cold.
With cutters sharp and caffeine high,
We punched a straight hole, from bedrock to sky.

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@NHLJets Sports, man! It’s the best!

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@DailyFaceoff Brother of jets legend Jordie Benn.

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Change of scenery from the top of the world to the heart of the whiteout. #GoJetsGo @NHLJets

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@MarkLazerus Bad news Laz, it was also 37ºC in Winnipeg today. 🥵

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@WPGMurat Still shocked that Maclean, the voice of reason in many of these instances and speaking often “as a ref”, was okay with it. Dangerous precedent to set.

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@spinohockey Hayes called it on Chiclets, “unlike leafs fans, that fan base will build the team up”. #GoJetsGo

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Chance of a polar bear in camp has gone down drastically after all the yelling with a last second goal and double OT winner! From the top of the word! #GoJetsGo @NHLJets what a game!

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Game 7 from the top of the world! #GoJetsGo

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A special addition for Ehlers big return in Game 6! #GoJetsGo @NHLJets

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Let’s try this again! #GoJetsGo Big Game 5 tonight with Gabe back in!

Btw, we’ve passed 300m deep in the ice cap! Over halfway there.

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Follow along here with our daily field blog!

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Pretty awesome! For the record, 10 of us are camping through -30°s on the Muller ice cap at 80°N attempting to recover a 600m ice core, which would be the longest in canadian history & provide a 10,000yr climate record! And yes we can stream the @NHLJets!

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As True North as you can get 🥶

Jets fan and @umanitoba scientist David Babb is cheering us on from near the 80th parallel north in Nunavut!

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Game 3! #gojetsgo

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It’s pretty white on Müller, good sign for the @NHLJets!

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What a win by the @NHLJets. Getting the complete breakdown from Kenny and Renny (@snseanreynolds & @WiebesWorld) during my Sunday morning walk on our skiway on the Müller ice cap at 80°N. #GoJetsGo

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Whiteout conditions on the Müller ice cap at 80°N! @NHLJets we’re drilling for 650m of ice while you chase 16 wins! #GoJetsGo

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@ceos_um It's a mix of excitement and nerves working on just 45 cm of sea ice about 20 km from the station with high winds during polar night. Months of preparation and a strict safety plan, which included loads of thickness measurements along the route, meant everything went well.

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Back from two weeks at Eureka where we deployed equipment on the newly formed sea ice (~45 cm). No sun, but we lucked out with a clear full moon that made for some pretty incredible views. Fingers crossed everything works until we return in May! @ceos_um

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New paper out with updated estimates of sea ice volume export through Davis Strait & the resultant ice mass balance of Baffin Bay. Key takeaway, export was previously underestimated. w/ @jclandy @ECCC_CIS and others. @ceos_um

https://t.co/V08cbSaA5r