Jean Peccoud - Ice Frontiers (Page 4)

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Jean Peccoud

Former biomedical engineering professor exploring how humans make responsible decisions under irreducible uncertainty—when stakes are existential, and outcomes resist prediction.

A Personal Experience

Letters from the Edge

A Personal Experience

An ethnography of a changing frontier (Part III)

The Freedom of Letting Go

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The Freedom of Letting Go

Choosing to grow deeper rather than larger.

Nine Signs an Owner Is Not Ready to Sell Their Boat

Letters from the Dock

Nine Signs an Owner Is Not Ready to Sell Their Boat

The boat of an emotionally unavailable owner is not for sale.

Archeology of the Frontier

Letters from the Edge

Archeology of the Frontier

An ethnography of a changing frontier (Part II)

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Casting Off

On the day I left.

Breaking up with Monica

Letters from the Dock

Breaking up with Monica

A boat’s history determines its fitness for its next missions.

Triste Arctique

Letters from the Edge

Triste Arctique

An ethnography of a changing frontier (Part I)

Making an Offer

Letters from the Dock

Making an Offer

An emotionally loaded transaction that almost feels like proposing

The French Exception

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The French Exception

At least they have croissants.

First Date with Monica

Letters from the Dock

First Date with Monica

Love at first hull...

Letters from the Edge

Ice Frontiers

Bearing witness at the edge of change.