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Late the night before, the Greenhouse Gas Analyzer arrived! It's a super awesome, and important, machine that plays a major part in Elliot's research. This device records carbon dioxide and methane emissions over time and displays it in graph and table form. In the morning, Elliot showed me how to

Any polar expedition means an inordinate amount of preparation in terms of gathering gear, making plans/accommodations, and loading boats. Having lead enough student trips simply around Maine I know the pressure that Mike and Steve have on them to make sure all the loose ends get taken care of

Summary - More updates to come! Asa Rennermalm of Rutgers University is spending the day with the students discussing and doing her research. This morning she is explaining her research to the students and this afternoon we will go out to Point 660 and check some of her experiments plus students

This morning was cool with a bit less cloud cover and a bit more of a breeze. After having breakfast and getting things organized, Kirsten and I headed out to the field. She was going out to check on the systems and practice the point-framing protocol. I was heading out for my first look at the area

George Herbert Scott was born in 1888 and grew up during the golden age of flight. During his lifetime, there were several huge milestones for the aviation industry. The Wright brothers created and flew the very first heavier-than-air vehicle in 1903 and aircraft began to develop very quickly after

Summary In the morning students learned about fossils from Greenlandic educator Rikke Jorgensen and then Rikke and Einstein Fellow Shelly Hynes discussed climate change data including using Diatoms to show how temperatures have increased over time. This data was provided to Shelly by Paul Hamilton

Awoke this morning and met up with the group at UNIS for some exercise and views of Longyearbyen from some elevation, a necessary jaunt before lectures in the afternoon. We set off from UNIS and headed up to a hill, or small mountain, just on the side of town with a great view of both the settlement