I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
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@AngelaScholder indeed, hence my concern! I’ve been doing fieldwork in Greenland every year for the last four years, this is the first time I’ve had to take a threat of war seriously
@drmikepj Yes, you will have to take it really serious.
I wouldn't be surprised if by June you would need a US visa.....
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@mloxton indeed! Fortunately our data goes live by satellite so that’s one less thing to worry about.
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I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
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@mycotropic
That's a whole other risk, but if you think of the satellite link as a continuous backup to your home repository, if the link goes down, you still have everything saved up to that point, and you are going to be scramming anyway. @drmikepj -
I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
@drmikepj if it does invade, NATO is over
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@drmikepj if it does invade, NATO is over
@Braganca yes, that’s why I said that a cancelled science project is “small beer” (i.e. inconsequential in the scheme of things)
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@mycotropic
That's a whole other risk, but if you think of the satellite link as a continuous backup to your home repository, if the link goes down, you still have everything saved up to that point, and you are going to be scramming anyway. @drmikepj@mloxton @mycotropic yeah, it’s Iridium, so American, but like you say, I’ll have the data. If we’re in that situation I’ll have bigger problems than lost data.
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@jason indeed not - it was the idea of having to cancel a science project that I rated as “small beer” (ie relatively inconsequential) compared with the geopolitical implications!
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I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
@drmikepj good luck. (Not being sarcastic/joking. Sincerely.)
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I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
@drmikepj a friend of mine crossed Greenland with a research team in 2024. at that time the world seemed a bit calmer.
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I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
@drmikepj oh how great, you get to do an actual breakdown of the "man or bear" problem
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@drmikepj a friend of mine crossed Greenland with a research team in 2024. at that time the world seemed a bit calmer.
@_holger yeah, I have previously been involved in big multinational science projects on the ice sheet, and I think those days are now sadly numbered
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@drmikepj oh how great, you get to do an actual breakdown of the "man or bear" problem
@sarae yeah…
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@epicdemiologist that’s very sad
@drmikepj FREEDOM
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I know this is pretty small beer in the light of world events, but I was not expecting to have to write “risk of invasion by the USA” into the risk assessment for my fieldwork in Greenland in June.
@drmikepj I didn't have to expect to add America going rogue into my IT security and business continuity plans assessments either!
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@drmikepj I didn't have to expect to add America going rogue into my IT security and business continuity plans assessments either!
@leiawelsh he hasn’t even been president for a year. Sigh.
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