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This morning, we were all excited to jump in the cars, especially the “La Vida Loca”, a Lada Niva car (used by the Russians in James Bond movies) nicknamed so by Britta. Our caravan of trucks and cars rode up to the cantina for breakfast, Britta enjoying Ronin’s rock music all the way. After a

Nearing the end of this trip we all went to bed knowing this would be one of the last days we would see each other. Nobody wanted to wake up, but we all knew we needed to. When we were all ready to get up and go we left for the Cantina for breakfast. Breakfast was eggs, bacon, and toast, accompanied

Parasites – the ultimate lifestyle choice## As mentioned in a previous journal, every organism has a place in the complex food webs of life – be it an autotroph, heterotroph (that’s us, unless some human has mutated and can now photosynthesize), or decomposer. Ecosystems have other relationships

The Past 2 Days With the weekend here, our networking and outreach has continued, just within the confines of our bunkhouse. Most companies don’t have employees at work on the weekends, so we’ve resorted to emailing and doing research here. We took a break yesterday (Saturday) to do a little oil

The Origin of Daylight Since I’ve been researching Eskimo folk legends in regards to natural disasters, I thought I'd post an interesting take on the daylight in Alaska -- this is a fun follow up to yesterday's journal. The origin of daylight, as according to Eskimo folk tales, is as follows:

We would be leaving Summit Station today! We woke up and packed up our bags. Our packs needed to be loaded and put on the sled. We also wanted to be in the Big House for breakfast before 8:00 so we wouldn’t interrupt the morning meeting where the day is outlined and each crew member and scientist

The importance of contacts and networking The late night fog has been clearing off the lagoons and ocean by morning -- until today. I awoke to an eerie city. The extreme flatness and lack of trees in the tundra really plays tricks on your mind, especially when the air is thick with fog. It’s

Just What do Spiders Eat?## In a previous journal, I mentioned that the wolf spider is a generalist predator that feeds on detritivores in the soil. There are many different organisms that

The start of this lovely day began similarly to all the others, a very cold walk to the Big House, a self-served breakfast, and a meeting with all the workers here at Summit. After the meeting, where we all talk about what we’re doing today, we went to the snow pit to take some more samples. We met