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After a short introduction about fossils and the previous climate, we started our activities with a visit to Danish Meteorology Institute (DMI). The Danish meteorologist Trine Pedersen gave us a lecture about the entire Greenlandic weather system. It is surprising how much the institute is

Adaptation 101## When most people heard that I was going to the Alaskan Arctic to study spiders, the common response was “spiders can live in that cold environment?” Well, yes. Yes they do. How? Well the arctic wolf spider, like other living things up here, possess special adaptations to help

Did I mention that things change quickly in the Arctic? During my month at Toolik Field Station, Toolik Lake transitioned from almost completely frozen (with researchers walking on the ice) to almost completely thawed (with researchers boating on the water and people doing [polar plunges]( http:/

As we headed back north we didn’t take the customary route through the gorgeous channels and straits of Neumayer and Gerlasche. This was unfortunate for a couple reasons. Not only were we not treated to the beauty of that route, but equally important, it meant we went straight out into the open

The morning of this beautiful day started out with an ineffective wake-up call. The unmotivated shuffling of feet through the halls caused a slow start. As soon as all of us students could make it to the trucks, we rode to Tasersauq, which means “The Big Lake.” At Taserauq we met up with Sean Cahoon

Now that I’ve explained the basics of the carbon cycle and why it’s important to understand the fate of carbon from thawing permafrost in my last post, let’s talk about what the team is learning

Today we got to know Aviaja Hauptmann, a Greenlandic microbiologist working at the Technical University of Denmark. She gave us a crash course on the science of biotechnology. Biotechnology is the application of naturally occurring biological processes to human systems. Yeast is an example, as are

Today we got to know Aviaja Hauptmann, a Greenlandic microbiologist working at the Technical University of Denmark. She gave us a crash course on the science of biotechnology. Biotechnology is the application of naturally occurring biological processes to human systems like medicine and industry

Cryosphere: From the Greek κρύος cryos - cold, frost, or ice and σφαῖρα sphaira - globe, ball Cryosphere is the term which collectively describes the portions of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets

Let’s see…where did we leave off yesterday? We talked about the traverse and its primary mission to deliver fuel. These tractors can haul up to 12 bags of fuel each. The traverse has proven to be more cost effective that airlifting in supplies so the amounts of fuel being hauled has increased over