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Ronin Ruerup’s Tlingit name is Ts’e Na, and he is a member of the Chookaneidi, brown bear clan. Ronin was raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and possesses strong family ties to Hoonah, Alaska. These communities are about 715 miles apart. Ronin enjoys spending time with his family in Hoonah developing his

Local Jokulls Being part of this international research team is likely going to help me learn quite a bit about different Scandinavian cultures; the Icelandic culture being only one of them. Already my interactions with some of the research team members abroad are helping me learn a little bit of

Our final trawls before heading back to Palmer are focused on catching some georgianus icefish. This species is different than the aceratus that we have been catching. As you may know by now – there are 16 species of icefish found only in the Antarctic waters. These icefish are the only known

It’s the last day of classes here at Mendham High School. Next week is final exams and then on Monday, June 24 I fly to Fairbanks. On Tuesday I’ll ride the truck north on the Dalton Highway to the Toolik Field Station where I’ll spend the next 3 ½ weeks. I can’t wait to go! This week I’ve been

I’ve talked a bit about some of the skills needed to be a scientist: organization, focus, collaboration, etc. However, there are some less glamorous skills that I see scientists use often that might surprise you. Here are a few of them: ###Poop scooping skills On Tuesdays, Toolik Field Station hosts

Here is another member of the US JSEP team -- Samantha Montoya. Hi! My name is Samantha Montoya, and I am a rising junior at Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico. I’ve been at the Academy since sixth grade. Our school is known for its vigorous course work. In addition to the academic challenge, one of

Yesterday and today were busy. My shift began with preparing and deploying the fish pots. These are large wire baskets with a bait bag attached. You saw us cutting up bait the other day. There are two net tunnels the fish can enter to get to the bait. The crazy thing is that the fish can’t figure

Collecting data – the field work – is the fun stuff. That's all well and good, but at some point you have to sit down and figure out what story your data is telling you. Kim and I were able to sit down together these past two days so she could show me how to turn the data that comes out of the gas

Earning a ticket back to the lab Science is all about data: the more data, the better! So, we gather a variety of information about every squirrel that we capture and carefully record the information on each animal’s data sheet. Some of the data can be gathered at the site where we trapped the

Today we introduce Chloe Fouilloux. Haluu! Chloe imik ateqarpunga and I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I attend Highland Park Senior High School, which is just across the Mississippi river, in St. Paul. I’m enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program (IB), and I plan to graduate with a