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Today Team Squirrel left Fairbanks for the drive up the Dalton highway to Toolik Field Station. The group so far consist of the project's principal investigator (PI) Cory Williams, Kate Wilsterman, with a recent degree in biology from Bucknell, and myself. Later, we will be joined by additional team

Over the next few days, I will be introducing the U.S. students who will be participating in this summer's JSEP. We received a total of 532 applications from students in 45 states, and a panel of distinguished Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) educators and scientists

Photo Journaling## I've got a Cannon Powershot digital camera with optical zoom that I didn't know how to use and want to take with me to Svalbard. So I took an outdoor photography class through REI at Torrey Pines State Reserve on May 11 that was very fruitful. ##Torrey Pines State Reserve## The

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The study of seasonal changes in nature is known as phenology. Animals migrate or hibernate for winter. Plants and trees have leaves that bud, open, green up, green down, and finally fall off. We associate these differences as as harbingers of changing seasons. Recently, however, the timing for

Treats and Sweets## I recently have been meeting with Joseph Beth (a local bookstore) which is one of my community outreach sponsors. As part of engaging the public they are planning on making and naming a coffee drink after my Arctic adventure. They will then sell this drink while I am gone to

We've now had the first official team meeting for the Lake Joyce expedition! After school yesterday, we convened on the U.C. Davis campus to meet each other and discuss the team's science goals for the coming expedition. Tyler Mackey, our senior graduate student and one of our leaders, shared his

I was fortunate enough to be able to work in and arrange to travel to Corvallis, Oregon and visit Oregon State University, go Beavers! This was a wonderful chance for me to do a little more pre-expedition planning, and more fully understand the process and importance of the research I am

Phenology is the study of seasonal life cycle events in plants and animals. Following local phenology can be a fun way to stay in touch with one's natural surroundings. For me it is a good excuse to get outside. While fun and always rewarding to see some of these events, the long-term study of