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Take a Closer Look Sydney W. from the Girl Scouts asks, "Do they have only seafood to eat or do they have other food too?" They pretty much have all the food that we have. I had pizza on Thursday night and chili last night. But they also have some food that I don't see in America. ## Let's start

Chasing Ice- The Movie In June my students and I watched James Balog's documentary, Chasing Ice. If you haven't seen it, we recommend it; it is available to rent from Amazon. The photography is stunning, his passion is inspiring and the message is urgent. I don't want to spoil it, so I'll leave

Hello everyone, remember my thought experiment on why the foundation in my Barrow house was uneven? The reason is differential settling do to the permafrost. The ground here may look flat but in reality it is extremely bumpy and there are lots of shallow puddles and ponds. As a result, people have

Welcome to the ‘Get Fit’ – Antarctica Challenge During my last expedition to Antarctica, I thought I knew exactly what I needed to do to ‘get fit’ for my adventure. Boy was I wrong! Where did these sore muscles come from, I asked myself. But my aches and pains weren’t just from working in the

Let's Start Today With Some Take A Closer Look Questions! These questions are about travel and they all come from Girl Scouts. First up we have.... From Corinne and the "Metropolis to Mountains" Day Camp, "How many miles is Svalbard from San Diego?" The distance is 4,533 miles! Yikes, that's a

After climbing Colorado's 14,003 foot tall Mount Huron, I stumbled upon a surprising natural interaction between a Marmot and a songbird known as the Water Pipit. I am going to call it a crime scene, because of the heinous nature of the act that was committed by the marmot, and the extreme distress

We Are Finally Here! We are in Longyearbyen! We will stay through Monday before heading to the science station in Ny Alesund. ##Our journey I flew from San Diego to Boston on Monday where I met up with the team. We all spent the night at Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette's house before leaving for Europe

Hello everyone, I thought it would be fun to take you shopping in Barrow. Would you pay $10.49 for a gallon of milk? Or how about $5.19 for a dozen eggs or over $12 dollars for orange juice. These are just a few examples of what it’s like to shop in a remote location. Barrow has a big, beautiful

I’ve been fortunate to participate in a few educational opportunities to get kids interested in science. I went on a lagoon walk where kids collected both dry and wet sediment. They then learned about sediment sizes and looked at samples under the microscope. I also spent a day at disaster camp