Helen Czerski

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Helen Czerski is a physicist, oceanographer and science communicator based in the U.K. She is an associate professor in mechanical engineering at University College London. Since 2011, Czerski has worked as a presenter on several BBC Documentaries and is a regular presenter for the Fully Charged Show, a frequent face on the Cosmic Shambles Network, and hosts an ocean podcast for the Bertarelli Foundation called Ocean Matters. She is the author of "The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works" (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023) and "Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life" by the same publisher.

Articles by: Helen Czerski

'The Fram in the Ice', 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) was a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. It was launched in 1892 and used until 1912. Currently it is preserved at the Fram Museum, Oslo. From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Fram: A Victorian expedition to the North Pole that was as brilliant as it was bonkers

By Helen Czerski published

British physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski explains how Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to the North Pole was 'one of the most bonkers and brilliant experiments ever devised'.

A beautifully detailed image of a leatherback turtle nesting at sunrise on the beach.

'This is the cost of living in seawater': The ingenious and (to us) heartbreaking way turtles survive the salty oceans

By Helen Czerski published

In this extract from the new book Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works, oceanographer Helen Czerski explains the ingenious way turtles contend with the extreme saltiness of the sea.