After a day spent drilling holes in White Spruce and extracting cores, I can honestly say that coring is not boring. Our plan for the day was to explore the slopes across from our camp, taking samples from trees on two different slopes. We had a sumptuous breakfast of instant oatmeal with fruit and
Sleeping in = GREAT!! Today I had a day off from everything!! It was great being able to sleep in!! Since I had the day off, I decided to go exploring. I took the ATV out to the very tip of Point Barrow, which is the northern-most point in the U.S. I had to use the ATV because the road does not
Sorry!!! Sorry for the delay in the journals...the internet system crashed last night as I was just about to enter my journal. Seriously! Yesterday, Elliot and I went out to the fourth and final site we will be testing this summer, a basin in the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO). The BEO is
Today, it was my turn to be the “House Mouse”. What is the house mouse? It is the person who helps keep the Big House clean. I spent most of the day doing the breakfast dishes, lunch dishes, dinner dishes and all the pots and pans that pile up from all the hungry people who are living at Summit camp
As I write this while I sit in my tent, the sun is shining, Mancha Creek burbles gently nearby, and it's almost 10pm! It was quite a journey to get here today to our study site in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Our journey started at the Fairbanks Airport, with a flight run by Wright Air
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During Lesley Urasky’s expedition, “Glacial History in Antarctica”, the team collected rock samples which were taken back to the University of Washington to be dated using cosmogenic (exposure) dating. This method of radiometric dating measures the ratio of isotopes of Beryllium (9Be:10Be) produced by the interaction of cosmic rays with minerals in rocks. This lesson will introduce the student to
The weather has been interesting to say the least. At 2:30 p.m., we saw snow flurries that seemed to be falling out of the blue sky. But one hour before that, the snow was really falling heavily. Check out this video to see the snow at Summit camp. If you look closely, you will see Brandon Strellis
We rushed to the Big House around 3:00 because that was when our Fourth of July Barbeque was scheduled to begin. We had been craving hamburgers and hot dogs all morning. When we arrived, a big sign on the door said: “Too Windy – BBQ Tomorrow.” So, Brandon, Hannah, and I decided that we would have
