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16 July 2016 Practicing Science Skills

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Indicators of Biodiversity I have been helping to process samples brought up when the CTD is deployed. The CTD measures conductivity, temperature, and depth (via pressure). Niskin bottles, attached to the rosette, can be closed at different depths to collect water from a given depth. As the CTD is

15 July 2016 Redefining The Frontiers Of Science

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New Frontiers of Science One of the perks of being a generalist in a realm of specialists is that I get to peer over shoulders, ask questions, and learn from the scientists, students, and technicians around me. This has given me a firsthand view of Arctic life from the mega to the micro. Earlier

15 July 2016 UWRF

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It has been a busy week. I have been doing some training for Antartica, here at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. I have learned a bit about neutron detectors. One important thing is that they have a 200 pound lead shield at the end and I might have to move a few of them (last year had to do

15 July 2016 Stranded in Siberia

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Tundra The Northeast Science Station (NESS) is located about 30 miles south of the Arctic ocean just off of the Kolyma River. The station is located above the Arctic circle, 68 degrees north of the Equator right in the midst of a boreal forest full of larch trees. That's where we have been doing

14 July 2016 Through the Eyes of the ROV

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Deploying the ROV All of the science being done during this expedition is exciting, but the cool factor is bumped way up with an ROV on board. Wednesday provided the first opportunities to deploy the ROV. ROV refers to "remotely operated vehicle", and the one being used aboard the Healy is

13 July 2016 Ice, Salt, and Microbes

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Microbes And Ice One of the research teams on board is studying microbes and other organisms that live in the ice. The team was able to get onto the ice Tuesday evening to obtain some core samples. These ice cores were collected by using a device to drill into the ice. The cores were melted and

Stan Skotnicki with Vegetation Changes in Permafrost at Northeast Scientific Station, Russia

PolarConnect Event with teacher Stan Skotnicki and researcher Mike Loranty with the Vegetation Changes in Permafrost project. This event was live from Northeast Scientific Station in Russia.

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DJ Kast with Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater 2016 at Toolik Field Station

PolarConnect Event with teacher DJ Kast and researchers Drs. Byron Crump and George Kling with the Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater 2016 project. This event was live from Toolik Field Station in Alaska.

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12 July 2016 Under The Sea

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Focus On Benthos Benthic organisms live along the bottom of the seafloor. They include producers and consumers, ranging from worms to sea stars to microbes. The ROV helps scientists on the expedition see benthic organisms in their environment (and can be used for sampling as well), and the box

12 July 2016 Toolik Station Science Art

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Returning Home I am home now and have had time to reflect and process my Arctic expedition. It has been an amazing adventure in the Arctic. I feel so fortunate to have been a part of such a fantastic science field experience and worked with amazing researchers from all over the country and the