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Oceanographers are similar to meteorologist; they both predict patterns based on computer models and have an understanding of how different variables affect a system. Both air and water currents have fronts. Two water masses that come together with differences in temperature and salinity create a

Today was the first day of school at Kaveolook school in Kaktovik. We started the day with a school wide assembly in the gym. I shared a brief presentation with the two high school science classes and just completed another one for tomorrow or Friday. There are about 15 students in the high school

Join the Polar research team as we use technology to join Dr. Carin Ashjian this summer as she continues her research in the Arctic! I will be posting Dr. Ashjians journal details of this summer's research expeditions. We first catch up with her onboard the icebreaker U.S.C.G.C. Healy and then will

Packed Like Sardines Another rain system has moved into our region, and we are currently tent-bound at base camp. We are hoping that the clouds will lift and the rain will clear so that we can continue on with fieldwork. With four scheduled days remaining in the expedition, getting a couple

This morning started out much more clear than yesterday and Marilyn's chances seemed to be improved for getting a flight out. That also meant that the team loaded up and embarked on a full+ day in the field (on the water). A mere thirty minutes after I dropped the team off at the boat, the fog

What is that shinny object in the sky? ##Lead-210 Dr. Lee Cooper team (University of Maryland) is calculating sedimentation rates in the Chukchi Sea. Sedimentation rates are the amounts of material that are deposited on the bottom of the ocean/sea in a year. They are measuring the amount of a