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I was so thrilled to be given a quad in my own unit today, Unit 29 with the lovely Ines from Germany. It was really something to wake up at 2am because my tent was too hot! I don't think that has ever happened before-- normally when I camp it's quite the opposite-- I wake up a bit chilly in the

Out at Kivalina River camp today, cutting through the blazing blue sky, came Stan, our helicopter pilot, and two boys from Kivalina McQueen High School (roughly 120 students). Byron (grade 11) and Roy (grade 10) came off the chopper and got right to work, screening the archaeologists buckets of

The weather has not been very cooperative today. The wind and the rain have kept everything wet and made conditions impossible for the point framing that needs to be done. We went out and rotated the chambers on the warming plots and then we measured the depth of the water in the wells. We have done

I've arrived! After a few legs of flights, I stepped out of Fairbanks International Airport and expected to feel even the tiniest bit of the cool from February's visit, and I was met with warmth and sunshine and some of the coolest cloud patterns I've ever seen! It took my a while to get my

Today the groups split up with Sara and the UNIS AG212 students headed out to the coastal lakes near Isfjord Radio and the REU students, Mike, Steve, and I were to hit Lake Linne in an attempt to recover instrumentation that has been in the lake since either last year, this spring, or in the case of

The last two days have been "epic," a term used to describe times full of action, adventure, and more often than not powder for the skiers out there, mud for the sedimentologists. I am in fact writing this on the 15th in the interest of full disclosure but will keep the journals separate for posting

The Inupait Hertiage Center was a chance to learn about the local area and the Inupait Eskimos that live here. The Center is best know for its whaling exhibit. The most interesting thing for me about the whaling ritual is how the Inupait people honor the whale; such as praying before the hunt, the

While we were in the park learning some great things from Terry, Sarah, and Margi, we did happen to experience some of the wonderful sights the park has to offer. In Denali people talk about “the big five” animals in the area, which are the five large mammals that can be found in this climate. This

I love walking around this place! On my way to the restroom this morning I stopped by the loading dock of the winter lab to lend a hand loading a pallet onto a truck. But nothing is ordinary at Toolik, and this particular pallet housed 16 arctic ground squirrels on their way to Fairbanks. Another