Google map of Toolik Field Station.
While today consisted of many of the typical daily tasks of field work (thaw depth measurements, soil sampling) a highlight was checking out a red fox den near…
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Today Christina and I headed back up North (enough of the luxury life in Fairbanks) via the…
As Christina and I visit different monitoring sites for the NASA ABoVE project around Fairbanks, we have several different tasks we have to perform. Today I am going to focus on thaw depth, my…
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Google map of Fairbanks.
Back in the field today – but this time at sites outside of…
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The snowy owl was my first wildlife sighting in Utqiaġvik – I got to see one as I was entering…
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Yesterday Dr. Jennifer Watts, one of the two main scientists I will be working with, arrived so…
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The science dorm in Utqiaġvik is full of different science teams from across the country and…
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For those of you following along with my journal chronologically, you know that I'm currently in…
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I know you've all be anxiously waiting for the answers to the quiz! Here we go:
Permafrost is…
So now that we've covered WHY I'm in the Arctic, let's talk a little bit more about WHERE I'll be going on my expedition.
Over the next four weeks I will covering a LOT of ground. I'll begin in the…
Before we get too far into this expedition, let's start with some basics. I know many of you are probably wondering... What in the world is a HISTORY teacher doing hanging out in the Arctic with…
