Keeping Perfect Time With Caged Atoms
For Fridtjof Nansen, 13 April 1895 started well. Six days earlier, the Norwegian explorer had set a new record for the closest approach to the North Pole, and now he was moving quickly over unbroken sea ice toward Cape Fligely and home. But then came a sickening realization: In his eagerness to brea...
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ftulancaster:oai:eprints.lancs.ac.uk:124386 2023-08-27T04:08:56+02:00 Keeping Perfect Time With Caged Atoms Porfyrakis, K Laird, E A 2017-12 application/pdf https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/124386/ https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/124386/4/Atomic_clocks_final.pdf https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2017.8118481 en eng https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/124386/4/Atomic_clocks_final.pdf Porfyrakis, K and Laird, E A (2017) Keeping Perfect Time With Caged Atoms. IEEE Spectrum, 54. p. 34. creative_commons_attribution_noncommercial_4_0_international_license Journal Article NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftulancaster https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2017.8118481 2023-08-03T22:32:58Z For Fridtjof Nansen, 13 April 1895 started well. Six days earlier, the Norwegian explorer had set a new record for the closest approach to the North Pole, and now he was moving quickly over unbroken sea ice toward Cape Fligely and home. But then came a sickening realization: In his eagerness to break camp, he had forgotten to wind the chronometers. He had lost track of precise time, and thus the ability to track his longitude. Although Nansen couldn't have lost his position by more than a few minutes, it forced him to take a circuitously conservative route to avoid being swept into the North Atlantic. His expedition thus had to endure a hungry winter, camped on an unknown shore. Not until June the following year did he encounter other explorers and learn his true position-on Cape Felder, in Franz Josef Land. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cape Fligely Franz Josef Land Fridtjof Nansen North Atlantic North Pole Sea ice Lancaster University: Lancaster Eprints Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Fridtjof ENVELOPE(-56.717,-56.717,-63.567,-63.567) North Pole IEEE Spectrum 54 12 34 39 |
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For Fridtjof Nansen, 13 April 1895 started well. Six days earlier, the Norwegian explorer had set a new record for the closest approach to the North Pole, and now he was moving quickly over unbroken sea ice toward Cape Fligely and home. But then came a sickening realization: In his eagerness to break camp, he had forgotten to wind the chronometers. He had lost track of precise time, and thus the ability to track his longitude. Although Nansen couldn't have lost his position by more than a few minutes, it forced him to take a circuitously conservative route to avoid being swept into the North Atlantic. His expedition thus had to endure a hungry winter, camped on an unknown shore. Not until June the following year did he encounter other explorers and learn his true position-on Cape Felder, in Franz Josef Land. |
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