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Today Luke departed on the ferry in the afternoon on his way back to Penn State. Victor worked on the radar imaging and is very concerned that he may not be able to make his system work in time for the next available helicopter. The electronics he has designed for his PhD thesis is quite complicated

24 Hours of Sun, GRRRRR Ok, so this 24 hours of sun is really screwing up my internal clock. Between 11:00pm & midnight I am getting ready for bed, but it is so bright out. They call it the "midnight sun" as the sun is still shining at midnight. I really feel I shouldn't be getting ready for bed

While preparing for my upcoming trip to Alaska, it seems like a good idea to spend some time in a tundra environment. So, with that in mind, I've been venturing out and up in my big backyard. I live where there is ready access to high peaks and stunning vistas. There are many local trails that will

Sunday a Day of Rest? It's Sunday and for most people this is a day of rest. But not for this research team!!! We went out on to the tundra for most of the afternoon. It was another beautiful and sunny day. I think my scalp might have gotten even a little bit singed as I had my hair cut really

Beautiful Day! David Lipson of San Diego State University left last night and will not be back until the beginning of August. However, a grad student from Stanford, Eric Slessarev, arrived to conduct his own field research here in Barrow. The other day I posted about the fog and I wanted to show

In two days, I will be heading to the Greenland ice sheet! I am excited and a little nervous. What would you pack if you were camping on the ice for 3 ½ weeks? Sunscreen? Bug Spray? Actually, these are two very important items on my list. Sunscreen is important because the sun will be in the sky

Foggy Day! Today, I woke up to what can typically be described as the norm here: fog! The temperature today was much colder than yesterday and the wind had picked up so the cold seemed to just flow through all of the layers of clothes I had on. However, David Lipson from San Diego State

If you had to live and work in a VERY COLD place, what would you wear to survive? Mike Bergin and Brandon Strellis visited with all our 6th grade classes to share what the team would be wearing to stay warm in temperatures ranging from -10 to -35 degrees Celsius. They also shared information about

Finally in Barrow, Alaska! After numerous flight delays, switching airplanes, and an unexpected overnight in Anchorage (not as glamorous as Paula Dell's - a fellow PolarTREC teacher - unexpected overnight in Cancun…you can read her journals at http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/biology-of