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Cake Eater Lake & Thermokarst Ponds International Biological Program (IBP) a program that took place from the late 1960's to the early 1970's. The program sought to investigate the productivity of the Arctic Tundra and today scientists are still investigating the area. The students in the Aquatic

Walakpa Archeological Salvage Project As a researcher in Barrow, one of the main things that is stressed is the importance of giving back to the community. One such project is that of Walakpa Archeological Project, which hopes to salvage as much of the cultural and paleoecological information off

Arctic Ocean and the Elson Lagoon One of the researchers, Jesus Godinez, is a student at UTEP assisting the team on the impacts and characteristics of the changing Arctic Ocean and the Elson Lagoon. Jesus is using a echo sounder, which generates a short pulse of sound that travels through the

Here's the result of the last assignment in my science classes for Spring 2017: I asked every student to make an Alaskan postcard. They turned out lovely, don't you think? When I dropped them to be mailed at the front desk of my hotel, the staff flipped through each drawing, pausing to show off

This morning our crew met for breakfast and final planning. Every detail needs to be taken care of, since tomorrow we leave for Coldfoot and will no longer have access to internet, cell reception, or all but the simplest of stores. The plane's weight limit of 1200lbs is our biggest hurdle. The added

To get a glimpse of what's going on beneath the surface, the science team is using a sonar-imaging device called the ARIS (Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar). The ARIS gives a visual image of larger plankton and animals. At each station, the ARIS is used and the data collected from it is analyzed

I left home a week ago, but am only now headed to Alaska after spending time in Washington. Flights to Alaska usually have layovers in Seattle, so I knew I needed to extend my layover to visit three friends who I hadn't seen in years. After so many frantic days of preparation, it was good to take a

Morning was a Rothko painting, the subtle blues of the sky forming the horizon with the pewter grey of the sea. The sea had calmed compared to the past few days and I could see farther than ever before, or so I thought. To find out just how far away out the horizon is, I went upstairs to the bridge

At each station along the transect, we get data from the CDT rosette, which is lowered into the water and gives scientists data on water pressure, salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and fluorescence levels. The levels of these abiotic factors are measured via sensors on the bottom of the

"Live and breathe safety on this ship" were the words spoken by the Oceanus Captain, Captain Ronald Short. We had all gathered for the mandatory safety talk to learn protocol for going on deck while at sea. The "Abandon Ship" drilled followed and we had to don our one piece immersion suits. Soon