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Have You Ever Seen Calving?## No, not this! This! The glacier was quite active today and with some expert and quick camera skills, we have the following video to share. Prepare to be amazed! Plus, it is even bigger, grander, more powerful and just all-round more jaw dropping in real life. I wish

Today was a day about decisions. Last night, the team decided that we would be doing an all day hike to a glacier in the distance. The hike would take us over multiple steep glacial moraines and onto a glacier. Our goal of the hike was to collect vegetation at different locations as well as

At our breakfast meeting we decided to explore the glacial lake that lies just below base camp. That may sound easy enough until you realize that the inflatable motor boat and all its gear is on top of a steep glacial moraine. Like mountain goats, we carefully hauled are necessary equipment and

Hello Everyone, Understanding the weather is important no matter where you are. But up in the Arctic it can be life or death. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) Alaska Region provides weather, hydrologic, climate forecasts and volcanic ash and

What is a day on the water like aboard the Stromlinjet? Come aboard and find out yourself!

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Hello everyone, Beaches are fun to visit no matter where you are in the world, including the Arctic. So I hit the Barrow beach with oceanographer Dr. Kathleen Fischer to see what we could learn. Barrow's beach is very different from the tan colored, sandy beaches I am use to back home. The beach

Today was an action packed day. We started our morning with a meeting with the pilot to determine if whether or not we could take off for camp. The area has been plagued with fog and I am not sure if anyone in the team slept well last night with the fog on the brain. Thankfully, we woke to a

This week was quite a whirlwind! We spent a lot of time studying and a lot of time having fun. I've learned so much over the past several days and really enjoyed doing it (even if I was suffering through a cold the whole time!). I really appreciate the amazing staff that have made all of this

Ryan Pajela- Measurements With A CTD "Without water, our planet would be one of the billions of lifeless rocks floating endlessly in the vastness of the inky-black void." — Fabien Cousteau, Grandson of Jacques Cousteau The video below shows our own Ryan Pajela doing a bit of oceanography work here