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The PolliNation A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my core family up here got a little larger with the addition of the “Pollinator crew”, or what we now call “the Polli-Nation”: a group of three students from Colorado College, Caroline, Lucy, and Alex. Their work runs adjacent to ours, so most of

Finally… the Aufeis! I’ve been told that every year there is a trendy site-to-see or a hike-to-hike around Toolik and that it shifts locations from year to year. This year that site is the Aufeis. Aufeis is German for “ice on top”, which accurately describes how the phenomenon forms. A river or

Sunday Funday After a six-day workweek, you may be wondering what scientists do on Sunday. To be honest, it varies from Sunday to Sunday and person to person: some folks use the time to finish up a few work items or get ahead, some use the time to watch their favorite TV shows or catch up with

Packing up In less than a week, we will be off to Norway to begin our Arctic adventure! It’s been a busy week finishing up the school year and making preparations for the trip. I thought I’d post a short journal post today about all the gear! I got to spend Friday with Julie, Zander and Kelly as

One Fiery Day! Yesterday, after a wonderful PolarConnect event, I headed out with Lexy Salinas to learn more about what she does while she’s up at Toolik. While Lexy grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, she’s recently been working on getting her master’s at Notre Dame, where she focuses on Arctic

A Day with Team Vole Voles are rodents, and similar to mice, it seems like once they’re around they don’t go away. The plots that Sarah and I monitor for phenology have been torn up by voles, and each week we go out there it seems like they’ve eaten up a different tussock or dug a new hole in

Caution Warning This blog post discusses a seminar held on Field Safety and contains mentions of fake blood and theoretical injuries. Rest assured that all members of my team are physically safe here at Toolik! ##Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast Last night, our field station EMT, Dennis, held a

Save the Date! If you’ve been dreaming of joining me in the tundra picking berries, running the MISP, or trucking up and down the Dalton seeing amazing wildlife and awe-inspiring rocks, your chance is here! Next week, I will be hosting PolarConnect - a live virtual event in which you can join me

Don’t worry, Mom, I’m doing Berry well! Saturday marked the start of the spring annual Berry survey: something this group only began recently (which is unique as most of the projects at Toolik are at least 5 years old and often are 20 or more years old). Normally, the berry survey only focuses on