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A good ol’ show Our community event at Tuzzy library went well tonight. By 7:00, it seemed as if only 5 or 6 adults would show up for this event geared at children, then Anne rallied together a big group (20+) of kids that were hiding out in the back of the library. It seems that there was

3 Years in the Making## When I accepted the post as PolarTREC teacher to scientist extraordinaire Amanda Koltz, I didn’t realize that this would be her last field season before publishing her dissertation. Amanda began her field research on the Arctic Wolf

And the winner is... Thanks to everyone who participated in the Ask the Team Forum contest question from the last journal entry! Congratulations to Jean Esler (my aunt from back home in Chicago!) for answering both parts of the audio journal contest question correctly. Aunt Jean correctly stated

Here is Josefine's reflection on Summit. I'm posting it in Danish, with a rough English translation following. -- Lynn ## Danish Kl. 9.00 stod vi alle klar uden foran Kangerssluak efterskole, hvor vi bor, klar til at tage flyet til Summit Station. Vi blev kørt med bus derud, hvor et kæmpe C130 fly

NOAA messin’ around in Alaska The fact that NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has facilities in Barrow can only be described by the word AWESOME. We were able to tour the facilities with Matt, the engineer that runs and maintains the station. Of the many things going on here

Last bit of packing We were told recently "The plane is a Saab 340 prop plane, and they commonly offload luggage, so plan to bring a change of clothes with you, as your luggage may follow." The plane is a two engine, turboprop aircraft built by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild that holds

A bag of coal..... I belong to the Texas Regional Science Collaborative and this summer we spent a week at a coalmine. Texas has Lignite, which is surfaced mined. Lignite has the lowest BTU ratings of the three types of coal, yet it provides 39% of the electricity used in Texas. Texas is also the

The Alaska adventure continues! After leaving Toolik I spent 2 days in Fairbanks. First I hiked to the U of Alaska’s Large Anima Research Station and then, after picking up Tanya at the airport, we went to the World Eskimo Indian Olympics at the

Eskimo ART-ifacts I nearly forgot to include that I spent almost 2-hours at the Inupiat Heritage Center yesterday! There were some pretty cool Inupiat artifacts of the North Slope including many pieces of art, but also some old weaponry, tools, and clothing – many of these are described in the