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Today’s Journal We visited the Permafrost tunnel run by the Army Corps of Engineers, which took us back in time about 40,000 years and up to 80 feet below the surface. Permafrost is any soil that remains frozen for two or more years. Fairbanks is in an area of discontinuous permafrost, meaning

Now that we have been here for a week (time flies!) I thought that I would go over what has become our daily routine so that everyone can get a feel for what field science looks like at times. I will tell you now that there is a question at the end of this. Conducting science in the field is

Today’s Journal Dr. Tamara Harms came to Dawson today! My students were thrilled to get to learn from her and interact with a real researcher. Tamara talked with the students about what she does and why she spends her life studying carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous. Then she introduced them to the

Last season I began a series of Sunday journals that each week featured one of the sled dogs that live here. There are over thirty working dogs living right next to our cabin! This year I thought I would continue this article because it seemed to be pretty popular with the students. Mike and Corine

Speed 0.3 kts Course 114° Location Drygalski Trough (-64.74004333, -60.58896667) Depth 687 m Lots of people have been asking about life on the Nathaniel B. Palmer so I'm going to try to give you a glimpse into our world here on the boat. ##My Room This is my bedroom that I share with

I thought for today I would talk a bit more about the Winter Warming (ww) experiments that are taking place right now. I thought also for the benefit of the students, who will not see the change at the study site from winter to spring during my expedition, that I would do some comparing of the