Today was Wildlife Day! Grizzly, moose, musk oxen, fox and caribou!
We drove the Dalton Highway from Toolik north to the town of Deadhorse, which is as far north as you can go, just a few miles from the Arctic Ocean. Along the way we stopped to take water and gas samples from the Sagavanirktok River, and also tested the river’s light attenuation throughout the water column at each stop. As usual, the overall purpose was to learn how carbon is moving from the land to the water and the air, and how light is affecting carbon as it travels downriver. There will be much more to come about the science behind the work, but it’s been a long day in the field and in the lab, so for now here’s the pictures.
Bruce Taterka in the Sag
Katie measuring light attenuation in the Sag
Young moose near the Sag River
Anna taking water samples
Grizzly bear
Two Grizzly bears!
Ice in July
The General Store in Deadhorse
Juvenile caribou on the Dalton just outside Toolik
We also spotted Musk oxen and a red fox. Good day for spotting wildlife on the tundra.