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Old Weather

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Naval Rendezvous: U.S. Navy, Coast Guard & Revenue Cutter Service

This project seeks volunteers to help transcribe sea ice and weather observations from the logbooks of military vessels that sailed Arctic seas in the 19th and 20th century. This information is used to improve climate and sea ice data sets used by scientists every day.

To learn how to participate in this project, visit the Old Weather forum: start here.

In this project we use customized LibreOffice spreadsheets to guide the collection and organization of information extracted from the logbooks posted online, as in the example below. Some logbooks are more challenging than others. Help is available on the forum from our dedicated community of citizen-scientists.

Pages from the logbook of the USS Burton Island from a voyage to the Arctic in 1948. Preview this logbook.

Shipping Office: Sign up for Arctic whaling voyages here

This project seeks volunteers to help transcribe sea ice and weather observations from the logbooks of whaling ships that sailed Arctic seas from 1849 to 1912. This information is used to improve climate and sea ice data sets used by scientists every day.

To learn how to participate in this project, visit the Old Weather forum: start here.

In this project we use Microsoft Excel to guide the collection and organization of information extracted from the logbooks posted online, as in the example below. Some logbooks are more challenging than others. Help is available on the forum from our dedicated community of citizen-scientists.

Pages from the logbook of the whaling steamer Mary and Helen on a voyage to the Arctic ground in 1879. Preview this logbook.



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Post by Caro » Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:44 am

Welcome to Old Weather!

Please register on this forum in order to take part in our projects and to post comments here.
There are Register links at the top right and bottom left of the forum's index page.

To register:

  • Click the Register link.

  • Read the conditions, click to agree, fill in your details, enter the confirmation code (the odd graphics), and click Submit.

    • Your application will be acknowleged by email.

    • You will receive another email when your account has been activated.

Please avoid using temporary, anonymous email accounts to register.

If you have problems with registration: using the email account that you have entered in your details, send a query with your chosen username (not password) in an email to moderatorcaro@gmail.com.




The Origin and Evolution of Old Weather is an excellent summary of who we are and what we do!



There are two separate projects

  • Old Weather: Federal ships (formerly Old Weather: Arctic)
    We transcribe logs from Navy & Coast Guard ships.
    USS Sacramento and USS Yantic are examples of the logs we are doing.
    More ships will be added as the current ships are completed.
    We transcribe the logs using LibreOffice spreadsheets (free software).
    It is easy to use even for people not familiar with spreadsheets.
    For a quick video introduction watch the     OWA tutorial.
    For more information on this project, see the     Transcribing Guide and Current ships and/or
    send     Randi a PM (Private Message).

  • Old Weather: Editing
    The above two projects concentrate on transcribing the logs' weather data.
    However, there is also historical information in the logs.
    The goal of the Editing project is to present this information in a reader-friendly form.
    Because the rules are different, Editing is somewhat hidden away to avoid confusing new transcribers.
    When transcribing, with a few exceptions, you transcribe what is in the log even if it is incorrect.
    When editing, you edit: choosing which entries to include, correcting errors and adding historical context if you wish.
    For more information on this project, see     Join us! and/or send Caro a PM (Private Message).

If you have questions, feel free to post them in the forum or to contact us.

AvastMH (Joan), Bob, Caro, Michael and Randi



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