What a whirlwind of a month it's been - from being told that I've selected to interview for a PolarTREC expedition, to being accepted for an expedition, to taking part in the participant Webinar, to being in Fairbanks for training! I'm in Fairbanks with the other teachers learning how to use all the technology we'll be using while in the field.
Next stop Svalbard, Norway to study Holocene climate change. Halfway between Norway and the North Pole, the glaciers of Svalbard are a key to understanding the rates of climate change. We will be monitoring the outflow of these glaciers and investigating the traces of these glaciers left behind in the lake sediments in hopes to recreate past climates as a way to understand the future of global climate change. Stop back in July and follow us to the high Arctic to explore the glacier-lake-river ecosystems of Svalbard Norway.