Before I begin my journey South, you need to know what happened North. As in, you need to be up to date on the Fish Spy and all her Glory. I took it for a spin in Lake Michigan down by the Montrose Beach boat harbor. And, well, I saw a lot of mud and swirling mud. It was MURKY. But it worked! So we
Hello! Right. So, one question that you, the Internet Reader, may have is, "How does ice core drilling actually work?" I know I had that question, and this is supposed to be my job. It turns out it's simple, really. We have a big drill and we core ice with it. "Oh, great. Thanks, Brad. That was
My adventure started over 9 months ago when I began graduate school at the University of Maine. Within the first couple weeks of the semester my advisor, Dr. Karl Kreutz, asked if I would be willing to join the scientific expedition to Denali National Park planned for April-June 2013. Without
Coring trees is a way of learning about trees without cutting them down. When a tree is cored, the rings are examined to learn about the history and growth of a tree. In this lesson students will participate in a hands-on activity to help them investigate what information can be gained by studying and comparing tree core samples collected
Where is Toolik Field Station? About 24 hours from now, my Arctic Adventure begins! I am busy packing and soaking up the last few moments I have with David (my husband) before I leave for a month. Tomorrow will be a day of flying and Thursday will be a long day on the road. This video will help
Kevo Subarctic Research Station itself is a really nice facility. I feel very fortunate to be staying here. I thought I would take you on a brief photo tour of some of the "highlights" of the station. ##Overall Location Kevo is located on Kevojarvi (Kevo Lake) in the Utsjoki valley. 'Joki' means
This is Dominic Winski, a graduate student working on the Denali ice core project. We recently received a bunch of great questions from a high school science teacher and her students via satellite email. I will do my best to answer them below: How accurate are the ice cores? The accuracy with
A topic I have considered writing about for a while is simply a dedication and thank you to everyone who helped us reach this field season after nearly ten years of effort. The primary NSF grant providing finds to extract the ice core was given to three professors, Erich Osterberg (Dartmouth), Karl
Kim and I had a good laugh today when talking about "the Pokey Stick." The Pokey Stick is more accurately known as a thaw depth probe. When Kim writes up her work, she will be using "thaw depth probe," not "pokey stick." However, what was fun was that it started a conversation about how non
Today was a no-work day, so because Kim's sister (visiting from Texas) had never seen a fjord, we headed over to the nearest one in Norway. We drove a little bit north and a long way east. The head of Varanger Fjord (or Varangerfjorden in Norwegian) was not too far, but we continued as far east
