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Introduction to Polar Safety Our group assembled this morning down at the University and we were met by Truls Kuhle, our safety instructor for the day. Truls first gave us an overview of the many hazards that one can encounter doing field work on Svalbard. Among the topics he covered were how to

Introduction to the Science It was nice to get a full night's sleep after traveling all day, although it was a strange thing to wake up at 3 am and find full daylight! We spent the day here in at UNIS (University Centre in Svalbard) hearing from Ross and Julie about the science we'll be immersed

Inupiat Heritage Museum Yesterday on our day off we decided to go through the exhibits at the Inupiat Heritage Center. The Inupiat Heritage Center is a testament to the history and lives of the native people who have endured inhospitable conditions and raised their families here in Barrow. My

Good news- the summer storm has passed and the winds are a little lighter today. I thought I would use today’s journal to tell you about some interesting research that is being conducted by a scientist from Denmark named Hans. Hans wants to find out the answer to this question: **Why are there

After a long but (thankfully) uneventful trip, we arrived in Longyearbyen around 1:30pm local time. That's about 18 hours after I left my house in Boston yesterday. We flew from Boston to Newark, then to Oslo, Norway. Then we flew up to Tromso, Norway before heading off to Svalbard. We will be in

You may remember from a previous journal that our old snow lab was collapsing and we were digging a new snow lab. The snow lab is important because it keeps our snow layer samples and the chemicals that we use to preserve them at a constant -20 degrees Celsius. We would enter and exit the lab

It's a beautiful evening as I sit on here on the gravel at the edge of Mancha Creek. I'd include a picture for you, but it takes too many of those precious electrons to download pictures from my camera, sort and prepare them, and send them off through the ether. So you'll have to use your own

Most of the time, we walk to our satellite camp. It is ½ mile away from the Big House. Today, however, we needed to move some big shipping containers and bring them back to the main camp so we decided to ride on the “Bad Boy”. The Bad Boy is an electric-powered vehicle that has big tires to help get

Well, I had an amazing evening. After a rough day of dishes and then a quick round of snow golf with Brandon, Quentin, Lance and Hannah, we went to the Science Observation Building to help launch a weather balloon! I can now officially say that Renfroe Middle School has made its mark on the

While I know that there's a lot interest in the science we are doing, I also know that many people just want to know the nuts and bolts of our daily routine; where do we stay, what do we eat and drink, and how am I able to communicate with you from the heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge