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Joint Science Education Project ###Kangerlussuaq Science Field School The Field School is the first portion of JSEP - the Joint Science Education Project and begins in about 2 weeks. 6 US and 3 Danish students will join 12 Greenlandic students in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to conduct field research

Saturday we were wearing shorts and t-shirts. Yesterday we were wearing rain gear. Today was for multiple warm layers. I was anxious to get my arms back into my sleeping bag as soon as I turned off my alarm. The temperature plunged overnight. I finally gathered the courage to jump out of my bag and

For the first time since I arrived a week ago, I wasn't able to look out onto the Brooks Range as I opened the door to my tent. In fact, the fog that arrived overnight even blocked my short-distance view of the tundra. Our first job of the day involved identifying locations for soil sampling at a

1AOT, 1AOI, 1ANT, 1ANI: do you know what that means? Looking at the letters and numbers, you can tell it's some kind of code. Scientists need to keep track of a lot of different treatments or variables for an experiment. These codes help everyone use the same descriptors to locate and orient

It's been another long period with no updates, but yesterday WISSARD showed some renewed life. I got my PQ packet (Physical Qualifications) in an email. When I printed it out and stacked it up, it was just under 5mm high. It doesn't sound like much, but its around 40 pages all together. I guess the

Seven of us made the most of our day off and headed south in trucks to hike up the stunning Atigun river valley to Atigun Falls. At 63 degrees, I was happy to have another day for shorts and a t-shirt, and the mosquitoes weren't numerous enough to warrant a bug shirt just yet. Hiking in the Arctic

Last night we were fortunate to go to Mike Weintraub's sight where his team is studying soil nutrients at accelerated snowmelt plots just north of camp (I'll be featuring his study in a future entry). Mike is a very animated guy from the University of Toledo who I've described as a walking sound

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. John Muir 1901 Today was a day to drag out some brand new thick hiking socks and head for the hills. John Muir knew a thing or two about hiking; he spent a good portion of his life

Our primary study area consists of 5 plots on hilly tundra about a 10 minute walk from camp. Because Toolik Field Station is a long-term research site, we need to minimize our impact on the land by walking on boardwalks to the site. Each of the 5 study plots consists of 6 mesocosms. Our mesocosms