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John Muir observed: "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe" This journal has been a little delayed, due to an early trip home. All is well, now, and it's good to be back in the lower 48. I always thought that phrase, "the lower 48" sounded

I've celebrated Independence Day in a variety of ways over the years, but this one was perhaps the most interesting yet. Most labs looked busy throughout the day, but many conversations could be overheard about potential skits for tonight's parade and celebration. I'm a dedicated fan of the band

Summary ###By Lynn Reed, 2012-2013 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs I am Lynn Foshee Reed, and I will be the 2012-13 Einstein Fellow in the Office of Polar Programs. I am thrilled to be at JSEP 2012, and I thank Shelly Hynes (the

This journal is currently happening from an upstairs corner of the Oslo airport, tucked away from the bustle with a daypack barricade. As is usual for this type of travel, one has a tendency to forget which day it actually is as everything seems to flow sleeplessly from one event to the other. Pick

When Elliot said "Today we're going to drop off a few things at the research site." I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Just yesterday, Elliot and I drove by the site in the truck and he nonchalantly pointed out a small cabin structure in the distance that he called the control shed. In

Summary Today students visited the Sondestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar facility, aka Kellyville. This facility uses RADAR to profile the upper atmosphere and LIDAR (Laser radar) to profile the lower atmosphere. They also study the aurora borealis with the radio attenna. You can learn more about

In field science, some things are hands-on; others should be left alone. ##Moss Fluffing – It’s the newest scientific terminology! You may ask yourself, “What is moss fluffing?” Today, Dr. Heather Alexander of the University of Texas at Brownsville, may have created the newest term in field science

So what happens if you fill a plastic bottle with air on the 14,265-foot summit of a Colorado mountain and bring it down to sea level in Cherskiy, Siberia? This is the experiment proposed by my students in Colorado that I wrote about in my [June 19th journal](http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions

Time to pack up my bags for the Arctic Circle! After meeting with Elliot last month, I knew it was time to get serious about gathering my supplies and gear for the expedition. I spent several weeks buying cold weather clothing and stock piling food to bring on the trip. I got a helping hand from