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Mosquitoes, Baby Squirrels, and Final Trapping Days I have been back in Oklahoma for just over a week now, cooking in 90-104 degree temperatures. I miss the 40-50 degree days back in the Arctic, but I sure don’t miss the mosquitoes. From what I see on fellow PolarTREC teacher [Nell Kemp’s blog](

Arrived in Barrow Travel today could not have gone any smoother. The beautiful, blue skies in Nenana continued all the way up to Barrow. My flight arrived at 10am and I was swiftly picked up and transported to the bunkhouse. The quarters are very nice and will serve as a great place to spend

From May 26 through July 17 the sun never sets here at the Toolik Field Station. This is a 1-minute time lapse video showing the midnight sun over Toolik Lake. http://youtu.be/Y0c4MObqF9w

The State Bird of Alaska## Before I came to the Arctic, everyone who was familiar with Arctic summers warned me about the mosquitoes. Back during our orientation in Fairbanks in late March, we even had the chance to model some bug shirts to prep ourselves for the onslaught. ##Evidence## Every good

All packed up I know a lot of people on PolarTREC like to show their packed luggage and explain the attire and equipment their exhibition requires. I would do that if there was anything for you to see that might seem different or interesting. My luggage requires the basic essentials of living

I’ll be leaving Toolik in few days, heading for Fairbanks to meet Tanya and travel around Alaska. Spending 3 weeks here has been an amazing experience and I’m looking forward to bringing the tundra into my environmental science classroom this fall. In the past 2 ½ weeks I’ve been trying to explain

What Time do I Have to Get Up?## I knew something was up as I walked to the dining hall and saw Amanda Koltz running towards me with a huge smile on her face. “Do you want to go fishing tomorrow? It’s not quite real fishing, but it’s out in the field all

Getting Your Hands Dirty## If you’ve been keeping up with my journal entries (and if you haven’t, shame on you…just kidding, welcome!), then you know that Team Spider heads out in the field pretty regularly. But what about other teams here at Toolik? Do they head out in the great outdoors a lot

So what's the plan, man? This is a collaborative effort to plan, develop, and implement a historical ecology model of the North Slope. Applied Research In Environmental Sciences Nonprofit (ARIES), the Barrow Arctic Consortium (BASC), and the North Slope Borough of Risk Management are heading this