17 June 2016 Arctic Tundra Field Sampling Day #1

Boardwalk
Journal Entry
Arctic Tundra Field Sampling Today, we sampled the inlets or main water sources of Toolik Lake. Today's research team included: Jason Dobkowski, Graham Stewart, Chris Cook, Johanne Albrigtsen, Dr. Kim Bernard, Dr. Byron Crump, and myself. The inlets are right behind the camp less than a kilometer
Read more

17 June 2016 Plant-Soil Interactions

Salix glauca
Journal Entry

Plants I've had the good fortune to meet Rebecca Finger, a graduate student from Dartmouth College who is doing soil science research here. She is currently doing an observational study about plant-soil interactions. Like Christine, she is comparing/contrasting different conditions, so she has

Read more

17 June 2016 Be Flexible

Amsterdam Airport
Journal Entry

Delays Welcome from the Amsterdam International Airport! Due to some lengthy flight delays leaving the Buffalo International Airport I missed meeting up with my researcher, Mike Loranty, on my connection flight in JFK by just a few minutes, but the good people at Delta Airlines put me on a later

Read more

16 June 2016 Photo Blog of the road up to Toolik!

Arctic Circle
Journal Entry
Photo Blog of the road up to Toolik! Today, June 16th, 2016 Dr. George Kling, Dr. Byron Crump, Dr. Kim Bernard, Johanne Albrigtsen and myself drove up to Toolik from Fairbanks. It only took 10 hours! See my photo blog below!
Read more

PolarConnect Event: Anne Schoeffler discusses "Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic"

Teacher Anne Schoeffler talks about field work and study sites as part of the PolarTREC expedition “Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic” based out of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

Resource Details
Event
Arctic
All Aged
View Resource

15 June 2016 Meeting new People!

Pike's Landing
Journal Entry
Research Team! Today I met with some new members of my research team! I met Dr. George Kling, Dr. Byron Crump, Dr. Kim Bernard, and Johanne Albrigtsen. I'm looking forward to working with all of them this summer! We are driving up to Toolik tomorrow morning! We all went out to eat tonight at Pike's
Read more

NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumni Spotlight

NOAA Teacher at Sea Alumni Spotlight on DJ Kast: “30 under 30” TASA Inspires Next Generation of Scientists

Resource Details
Article
Arctic
View Resource

15 June 2016 Hazards

Steep road ahead
Journal Entry

Orientation So what could go wrong in a remote place like Greenland? Well, many things could happen, but here are a few things we are warned about at our orientation. The wildlife: There are no large predators that would hurt a human here, but there are very large herbivores. Caribou and musk

Read more

14 June 2016 *Second* Chance of a Lifetime

Boot UP
Journal Entry

Bound for the Last Frontier## I can’t believe it. I am headed back to the Alaskan Arctic this summer. Back in 2013, I was lucky enough to be a part of Amanda Koltz’s “Team Spider,” which sought to understand

Read more

14 June 2016 The Alaska Highway

The Adventure awaits
Journal Entry

The Alaska Highway ## Driving to Alaska? How far and How Long? Am I crazY? I begin my journey north to Healy, Alaska on Monday, June 20th. My husband and I will drive! Yes it is far! According to Toyota, the distance between Anchorage and Albuquerque is 3,572 miles by car. We will consume 165

Read more