The Toolik Field Station has some resident foxes that can be spotted regularly around camp. We took a drive out to look for wildlife and spotted another fox on the Dalton highway.
Fox along the…
Mackenzie Lift and Jeremy May work on getting the tram running in Barrow, Alaska
The Mobile Instrumented Sensor Platform, or MISP Tram is a set of instruments that measures the vegetation of the…
Today is officially the first day of summer! It is also the longest day of the year. By that, I mean daylight hours. As we move through the summer, days will become shorter and shorter until the…
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Ale Martinez…
We did some bird watching and got a view of one of two Snowy Owl nests here in Barrow.
Webcam and Female Nesting
Male watching us and making sure we don't get too close.
The male is very…
Me, Ale Martinez, standing at Point Barrow
We borrowed some ATVs and drove out to Point Barrow, the most northern spot in the United States. Watch the video below to see what wildlife we…
Our plane to Atqasuk
It took multiple tries (three) for us to finally fly to Atqasuk, due to weather, but we finally made it! The team was able to set up for the season and start doing some science…
Phenology is the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena. It is basically the science of when. When do polar bears hibernate? When is the caribou rut? When do plants bloom?
Tundra Vegetation…
Vegetation
There are several ways to figure out what is going on with the vegetation on the tundra. Satellites can provide an overview of what is growing, but cloud cover can obstruct the ground and…
Being from Texas, I'm not used to walking in the snow, but the hike to the field site in Barrow is relatively short and everyday there is less and less snow. The ground is like a sponge in some areas…
As we were hiking out to the field someone spotted the tiny rodent. The brown lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus) feeds on tender grass shoots and sedges. Because they follow the same routes from their…
