Media Coverage
Radio
Listen to a radio interview with Professor Golden, via satellite phone from an Australian icebreaker in the Antarctic sea ice pack.
The Mathematics of Sea Ice, Dan Bammes, KUER, Salt Lake City, UT
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-13) Making useful observations of the earth from satellites requires understanding what you're looking at -- and that's why University of Utah mathematics professor Ken Golden is on a ship in the Antarctic looking at sea ice up close. Golden is spending a month-long voyage measuring the flow of brine through the ice and creating mathematical models that will be used to study global warming and other phenomena. He spoke to KUER's Dan Bammes. Golden's research on brine movement through sea ice is published in the current issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Television
1. See a TV interview with Professor Golden and Mathematics graduate student Adam Gully about their sea ice work and expedition to Antarctica in 2007, from a live broadcast on KJZZ (KUTV2, CBS), Salt Lake City, September 10, 2008.
Interview in MPEG (163 MB)
Interview in Quicktime (77 MB)
2. Utah Conversations with Ted Capener, 30 minute show on KEUD (Public TV), broadcast Sunday, October 11th, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. "Sea ice, mathematics and global climate change: Is there a link? University of Utah Professor Kenneth M. Golden has travelled many times to the Arctic and Antarctic to find the answer. A conversation with Ken Golden."
Download the show (212 MB)
Interview on KUED website (212 MB)
Mathematical Moments from the American Mathematical Society
Listen to a four part interview with Professor Golden, "Going with the Floes". PDF
Video of an Antarctic Expedition: Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment (SIPEX)
ANTARCTIC REACH, University of Utah, Department of Communications. Watch a 4 minute version of a video produced by Professor Golden about the Australian Antarctic expedition SIPEX, September-October 2007, and read a brief description of his work with Mathematics student Adam Gully during the expedition.
Newspaper, Magazine, and Web Articles
1. Professor warms to idea of studying Antarctic winter, Camilla Moore, The Daily Utah Chronicle, p. 1, June 3, 1994. PDF
2. Study of Antarctic ice has scary moments for Utahn: Storm put scientific team in danger of losing costly equipment -- and lives, Joseph Bauman, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, p. A12, Sept. 12, 1994. PDF
3. The mathematics of ice: U. professor goes south to study Antarctica's blanket, Lee Siegel, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, pp. C1-C2, Sept. 12, 1994. PDF
4. An account of the Antarctic Zone Flux (ANZFLUX) Experiment, Weddell Sea, July-August 1994: On thin ice, Ruth Flanagan and Tom Yulsman, Earth, pp. 44-51, April, 1996. PDF
5. Accounts of an engine room fire aboard the Aurora Australis, just inside the Antarctic sea ice pack, at the beginning of the Mertz Glacier Polynya Experiment, July 22, 1998. PDF
Icebreaker burns, Andrew Darby, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, p. 6, July 23, 1998.
Fire endangers Hobart's ice ship, David Carrigg, The Mercury, Hobart, p. 2, July 23, 1998.
Fire strands Antarctic ship in sea ice, The Advertiser, Adelaide, p. 14, July 23, 1998.
Fire disables icebreaker, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, p. 21, July 23, 1998.
Aurora fire could end voyage south, The Advocate, Tasmania, July 23, 1998.
Blaze on ice vessel, Sarah Dent, Herald Sun, p. 15, July 23, 1998.
Antarctic voyage stopped by fire, The Canberra Times, Canberra, p. 4, July 23, 1998.
Hard battle to repair ice ship, David Carrigg, The Mercury, Hobart, p. 3, July 24, 1998.
Antarctic ship to abandon mission, The West Australian, Hobart, p. 7, July 24, 1998.
Fire brings icebreaker home early, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, p. 27, July 24, 1998.
6. Cool math: Utahn explains a key step in how sea ice maintains Earth's climate and ocean life, Lee Siegel, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, pp. B1-B2, Dec. 24, 1998. PDF
7. Voyage to Antarctica: Chain saws and beet juice become research tools for Utah mathematician studying polynya `ice factory', Lee Siegel, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, pp. J1, J6, Dec. 19, 1999. PDF
8. Mathematician on ice: Adventurous voyages to Antarctica test mathematical models of sea ice, Ivars Peterson, Science News, Washington D. C., pp. 106-108 (and cover), Aug. 12, 2000. PDF
9. AMS displays mathematics at Capitol Hill exhibition: Mathematics of sea ice by K. M. Golden, Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), US Congress, Washington D.C., June 17, 2003. HTML
10. Cool as ice: U students chill out in the Arctic for science, Rita Sharshiner, The Summer Utah Chronicle, pp. 4-5, July 10, 2003. PDF
11. Icy calculations on a hot topic: Mathematics of ice to aid global warming forecasts, Lee Siegel, U. of Utah press release, published by sciencedaily.com, newswise.com, eurekalert.org, physorg.com and other sites, September 10, 2007. PDF
12. Modeling ice-melt may lead to improved global climate forecasts, Matt Ford, Ars Technica, September 12, 2007. PDF
13. Electronics help predict global warming, R. Colin Johnson, EE Times (and EE Times Asia), September 18, 2007. PDF
14. Mathematicians help predict global warming impact, Lauren Mangelson, The Daily Utah Chronicle, September 27, 2007. PDF
15. Scientists collect Antarctic climate change data, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), October 17, 2007.
16. Scientists come home with new climate insights, Australian Antarctic Division, October 17, 2007.
17. Water pours through pores in sea ice, Nicole Branan, Geotimes, pp. 16-18, November 2007. PDF
18. AMS Congressional Briefing: Mathematics of Ice to Aid Global Warming Forecasts by K. M. Golden, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., November 14, 2007. PDF
19. Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment, CRC Newsletter, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), Summer 2008. PDF
20. Mathematics at 2008 National SACNAS Conference: Mathematician Golden among 2008 Keynote Address Speakers. PDF
21. The Golden Yardstick - In studying sea ice, Ken Golden finds another measure for global climate change, and more, John Blodgett, Continuum, pp. 18-22, University of Utah, October 2008. PDF
22. U prof shares Arctic experience, Krista Starker, The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 22, 2009.
23. Mathematics and Climate, Math Awareness Month, April 2009, SIAM News (Newsjournal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), Volume 42, Number 2, page 1, March 2009. PDF
24. Cold Equations: Profile of Ken Golden, by Dana MacKenzie, Science, Volume 324, pp. 32-33, April 3, 2009. PDF (also see AMS coverage)
25. American Mathematical Society News Release: Mathematics and Climate Change - Gaining Insights into the Nature of Sea Ice, a Key Indicator of Climate Change, Allyn Jackson, April 6, 2009 (posted at ScienceDaily, NSF News Service Science360, EurekAlert).