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Plants, Kites, and Remote Sensing Today was the second day of the science fair, kids were given an introduction to plants. Kids were introduced to different kinds plants of edible and medicinal value. I was surprised how much these kids already knew! The Grand Valley State University students lead

I am going on five days in Coldfoot, and it has felt like one endless day. The same flat light, filtering through clouds, hour after hour. Rain pitter pattering on tents. Sled dogs howling and yapping. Cup after cup of coffee, watching truckers and tourists filter in and out of the cafe. A motley

Under the heavy fog and misty skies early this morning, the Oceanus quietly meandered to its port at Dutch Harbor. Time, these past nine days, seems to have been compressed and expanded in the bellows of an accordion; moving fast while sampling at a station and then leisurely while watching alien

When I first arrived in the Arctic, much to my surprise, I noticed many similarities between the forests here and in the mountains of Utah. Both have trees like spruce and aspen, and understory plants like yarrow and rose. But the understory here is dense, and the trees, while tall in some places

It's a stretch to call Coldfoot a town. Really, it is a truck stop for those driving the Dalton Highway. Finished in 1974, the 361 mile Dalton Highway, or Haul Road, was a massive undertaking built in only five months through incredibly remote land. Spanning the distance between Fairbanks and

The galley, or dining room of the Oceanus, provides a shared meeting space for the crew and science teams. It's a place where we can ask crew members about the ship's technical and mechanical aspects. It was here, early this morning, that Henry "Chip" Millard, First Assistant Engineer, graciously

Concern over an incoming front prompted us to leave Fairbanks early this morning. We had a scheduled flight, but Dirk, the Coyote Air pilot, will only fly if conditions are safe. The forecasted rain and wind were worrisome. The five hour drive up the Dalton Highway brought gradually changing scenery

The BARC Science Fair Last night was the first BARC Science Fair, coordinated by Kaare Erickson, the North Slope Science Liaison. The activities for the day included events for all ages, including labs by the Department of Wildlife Management – Determining the Age of Bowhead and beluga whales, a

Every few hours, the ship slows down and we know it's getting close to the time to start sampling. There are stations, only identifiable by GPS, at which we will use the CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) instrument and three tow nets, a large 1-meter net and 2 smaller, 20 cm nets. These two