Elizabeth taking water depth
Another very nice day today out at the study site. This is the beginning of my last week here. The time has gone by quickly! Everything has changed so much since I first arrived in mid April.…
Biscuit
When you look at Biscuit you may have to look twice because she looks alot like her brother. Biscuit is my pick this week because she is one of my favorites. She is the sister to Sky, who are both…
Students walking out to the study area.
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday the wind was pounding most of the time and sucking the warmth from your body. We had kids and adults blown off of the walkways around Site A by the wind!…
Field trip
It was wonderful today to have Mr. Martin, the parents, and all of the students from the Tri Valley School in Healy come and visit today! We all had a great time and we hope you did too. The…
Ptarmigan
This is an adult male Willow Ptarmigan. He greeted us this morning! It was a windy day, all day! The forecast is for stronger winds tomorrow. The days are much less cold, but working in the wind…
animal skull
It was a beautiful day today and we seemed to be caught up on most everything that can be done right now. We are planning on a trip to Fairbanks tomorrow for supplies, so that we can complete some…
Thank you for the PolarConnect Event
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for being a part of the expedition today! It was a wonderful experience for all of us here. We had a great time hearing all of the friends,…
Sky
Sky is the dog this week. Why? Because for the last couple of weeks of the expedition you will get to meet more of the family. Remember, Spunky was Jade's mother. Jade and Spotlight had six…
Quiz graph
This is a very short quiz with no math, mostly for my students but everyone can respond, to find out where our understanding lies so far on carbon balance. These questions are based on the…
Caribou at the study site
As we walked to the study site today we were greeted by two groups of caribou. The larger group moved over the hill on the west side of the experiments and soon was out of site. The smaller group…
Flux CO2 graph at night
In today's world of climate change or global warming or whatever you call it, the use and transport of carbon has become a world famous logistics problem. Humans do not make all this new carbon and…