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SERF News and Updates
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February 18, 2013: Experiment 2.3 –
Pancake ice
(Photo by Fei Wang)
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SERF in Media:
2013:
Cold Case
(Canadian Chemical News, May/June, 2013)
Manitoba
research centre tackles tough questions on vanishing Arctic sea ice (Globe and
Mail, March 15, 2013)
The
Arctic in a pool: Simulator grows sea ice for research (NBC News, Feb. 28 ,
2013; LiveScience, Feb. 27, 2013)
SERF
in motion: International sea-ice experiment launched on U of M campus (The
Manitoban, Jan. 14, 2013)
Fire and
Ice – Passion ignites innovative design data (ResearchLIFE,
University of Manitoba, Issue 9, 2013)
2012:
New data shed
light on bromine explosions (Canadian Chemical News, May, 2012)
Unique
lab explores mysteries of Arctic sea ice (The Globe and Mail, April 25,
2012)
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January 13-31, 2013: Experiment 2.2 –
Geophysical and biogeochemical processes of frost flowers and young ice
(Photo by Fei Wang)
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Frost
Flowers Pump Pollution (CBC Quirks and Quarks, March 10, 2012)
Researchers
bring Arctic to city (Winnipeg Free Press, Feb. 9, 2012)
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January 3-9, 2013: Experiment 2.1 –
Geophysical study of ice upon heating of the
underlying water column
December 24-29, 2013: First full blossom
of frost flowers in Year 2
(Photo
by Fei Wang)
November, 2013: Formulation of seawater
for Year 2 started
March, 2013: End of Year 1 Experiments
Feb. 25, 2012: Frost flowers bloomed for
the second time in the season, though at a much smaller scale
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Feb. 24, 2012: Experiment 1.3 started
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Feb. 10, 2012: Frost flowers bloomed at the SERF pond (watch youtube
movie)
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Day 1 (Photo by Fei
Wang)
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Day 2 (Photo by Fei
Wang)
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Feb. 9, 2012:
Experiment 1.2 started
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Feb. 8, 2012:
SERF Grand Opening
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U of M President Dr. David Barnard speaks at the
Grand Opening. (photo by Beibei Lv)
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SERF Project Leader Dr. Fei
Wang speaks at the Grand Opening (photo by Beibei
Lv)
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Ice breaking at the Grand Opening.
From left: U of M Vice President Dr. Digvir Jayas, Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister Dave Chomiak, U of M President Dr. David Barnard, Canada
Foundation for Innovation Board Member Dr. Albert Friesen, and SERF Project
Leader Dr. Fei Wang (Photo by Mike Latschislaw).
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Dec 23, 2011:
Experiment 1.1 Started
Photo by Fei Wang
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Dec. 06, 2011: First pancake ice
formed at SERF
Photo
by David Mosscrop
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Dec. 2011: Construction completed
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May
2011: Construction started
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