In early 2020 I choose to embark on a PhD in oceanography. This decision was heavily influenced by my background and my interest in ocean modelling, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. This was spurned largely from my previous professional life as a coastal oceanographer. That previous pursuit centred mainly around a remote sensing technology called high frequency radar which is, and continues to be, used in a broad number of ways to understand the dynamics (the motion of the of the upper ocean) through the digital application of signal processing of the physical representaiton of a Doppler shifted Bragg frequency.
After 10 years in that field I left to diversify my career skillset while ticking some service-related philosophies about being contributing to a new nation. After four years of learning how-to drive Navy ships I specialised as a Meteorologic and Oceanographic Officer in that organisation and operational-ised my scientific skillset. At about the same time I became fascinated with Antarctica and its criticality both climatically and strategically (and here). Hence I began searching for a PhD project that would fulfil my interest.
Fortunately, it did not take too long before I was introduced to Alex Fraser and a project that he had on his digital shelf that from the outset ticked all my interest boxes. I can\'t recall exactly where or when in I was introduced to the various forms of sea ice and its role in polar oceanography but I do remember it being very Arctic-centric with this vague concept that landfast sea ice (fast ice)played an important role in Arctic sea ice. So when Alex provided me with a rough outline of the project he wanted to pursue modelling fast ice and it being largely neglected thus far in circumpolar modelling efforts, I knew the meat on this bone was likely well marbled.
In mid-2021 I was accepted and enrolled as a part-time PhD student at the University of Tasmania Institute of Marine Science through the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program. I spent the second-half of that year reading and constructing an initial Reasearch Plan. However, as all good projects evolve, it became apparent that I should be aligning my project with a well-supported Australian sea ice modelling effort, not only for my own support, but also to aim for a more impactful goal of incorporating fast ice into a nationally recognised/supported model.
After a brief interlude in the first quarter of 2022 I\'m now pursuing fast ice modelling with an eye towards incorporating it into COSIMA.
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