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Dedicated to Mrs. Zaleski's First Grade Class Mrs. Zaleski's class did science research during May. They learned about Arctic animals, especially Greenlandic ones. Then each group selected a focus animal and used books and the internet to research that animal. Each student then created a magic

Dedicated to the Nordonia Hills (Ohio) Garden Club I spoke with members of the Nordonia Hills Garden Club before my departure. They compiled a list of questions about Arctic conditions and how they impact plants. I will do my best to answer the questions here! **Q. What do you see in the areas

On this evening off, a couple of new friends and I went to visit a nearby aufeis formation leaving from Toolik Camp. #Aufeis Aufeis is a sheet of ice that forms through the layering of frozen groundwater flows. In German, aufeis means "Ice on Top" and are also known as river icings. Ground-water

Longest Day of the Year June 20, is the summer solstice! This is one of two days during the year when the Earth is at its greatest tilt. Can you guess when the other solstice is? It's December 21 or so, six months from now! When you look at a globe, it is always shown at a tilt, leaning a little

I went with Jason Dobkowski and Chris Cook to the Toolik Outlet where they were installing a conductivity sensor. Toolik Lake is thawing from the winter freeze that was about 2 meters thick. Toolik Lake's top

Doing Science Outside Field work is important for advancing scientists' understanding of how the world works. People who I have met here are studying so many different things: * Glaciers - depth, melting, movement, topography (surface shape), and topography of the land below them * Plants

Mosquitoes in the Arctic?! Dartmouth College graduate student, Melissa DiSiervo, is studying the population of Arctic mosquitoes in western Greenland. There is only one species here, Aedes nigripes, which does not carry disease. (Other species of Aedes mosquitoes carry dengue and zika in the