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Henrietta Edmonds
Associate Professor, Marine Geochemistry, Research Scientist, UT Marine Science Institute
Dr. Henrietta Edmonds is a marine geochemist with two major research interests: mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems and the use of natural radioactivity to study oceanographic processes. Both of these interests have taken her to the Arctic, beginning in 1997 with a research trip aboard the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St. Laurent to study the flow of water through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Since arriving at the University of Texas in 1999, she has participated in two major expeditions to the Gakkel Ridge, Earth’s slowest spreading mid-ocean ridge that stretches from north of Greenland to the Laptev Sea. Conducting deep submergence research in the Arctic presents unique challenges but like many of her colleagues Hedy prefers working in this environment over most others. “Once I saw the Arctic, I wanted to go back again and again.” For more details...