The U.S. group arrived in Kangerlussuaq at 4:00 p.m. local time on Friday, June 28, after a LONG day of travels. We quickly settled in and it has been a whirlwind of activity ever since. On Friday…
The remaining teacher and students are introduced below. On Friday we get to all meet face to face and begin our exploration of Arctic science!
Rikke Jorgensen is one of the teachers from Denmark…
In addition to Lynn and Kasper, there are four other teachers who will be helping with the Joint Science Educaion Project: Rikke Jorgensen, Britta Culbertson, Sheryl Sotelo, and Christian Berner…
Eight students from Greenland will be participating in JSEP this year, representing three of the four high schools in the country. They are: Makka Marcussen and Naasunnguaq Olsen from Aasiaat; John…
One of the best parts of JSEP is getting to know students and teachers from Denmark and Greenland.
Flag of Denmark
In this journal, we introduce the three students from Rosborg Gymnasium who will…
Introducing Grace Wischmeyer!
Grace Wischmeyer, framed by the lights of Chicago.
I am a rising senior at West Leyden High School in Northlake, Illinois. It’s a great school, to be sure, with…
Ronin Ruerup loves to fish!
Ronin Ruerup’s Tlingit name is Ts’e Na, and he is a member of the Chookaneidi, brown bear clan. Ronin was raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and possesses strong family ties…
Here is another member of the US JSEP team -- Samantha Montoya.
Samantha Montoya takes aim with the bow she made.
Hi! My name is Samantha Montoya, and I am a rising junior at Albuquerque Academy…
Today we introduce Chloe Fouilloux.
Chloe Fouilloux, member of JSEP 2013
Haluu! Chloe imik ateqarpunga and I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I attend Highland Park Senior High School, which is…
Over the next 5 days, we will introduce our US students (in alphabetical order). We are SO excited -- we meet in Albany, New York, in just a little over two weeks, and then -- GREENLAND!
Sam Blair…
The JSEP 2012 students traveled to this beautiful pond outside Kangerlussauq where they took methane measurements from cracks in the rock as part of a project led by researchers from Indiana…