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Today was another long day of trapping. We set about 75 traps or so and ended up bringing 11 squirrels back to the lab with us. We finished working with them at about 7:30PM, then headed back out to the research site to release them. A snowstorm is rolling in and there was lots of fog, visibility on

Well, I’m going to cheat a little today (or perhaps you could look at it as a two-for-one deal) and direct you to my 2011 blog on the engine room. The engine room is truly one of the most amazing parts of the ship. Chief Engineer Mike is still on the job and the engine room is as beautiful and well

Team squirrel has worked late (about 9 or 10 PM) the last two days, so we took it easy today and only worked until about 4. We didn’t trap today. Instead we installed a weather station at our research site, which I will tell you about in future post. No matter what we are doing at our research site

One of the first things to be done upon leaving the dock is to go over the safety procedures and protocol (sounds like I’m getting your ready for a lab). Anyway, being prepared for what you may need to do in the event of an accident, a fire, if someone falls overboard or if the ship itself is

Well, the big news as of yesterday was that Mike, Brad, and Dom successfully drilled to bedrock at the ice divide for a total depth of 208.24 meters! Our goal was 200 meters which means we surpassed that goal and can still see some nice layers in the ice. Dave, Tim and I also hand drilled a shallow

The snow has finally cleared off the research plots! Here’s a picture of one of the winter warming plots. In it you can finally see after being buried in the snow the past six months some of the equipment for the various experiments from which data is collected. The Forced Diffusion Sensors (see

I am continuing the explanation from yesterday's journal post about how a gas chromatograph works to help you determine what specific type of gas molecules (carbon dioxide or methane, for example) are in a mixed gas sample. It will also give you information from which you can determine how much of a

Catching Arctic Ground Squirrels 101 Yesterday was my first day in the field, so I got a crash course in squirrel catching 101! Here’s the scoop. After breakfast, we packed lunches to take into the field with us and signed out on the board in the dining hall (to let the kitchen know we would not