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Today is the day! Finally, Koni Steffen and his group will be returning from Swiss Camp after the five day delay due to the Iceland volcanic eruption! They have been there since the beginning of May. My days of hanging out in Kangerlussuaq will be coming to an end. Here is a picture of the view from

Barrow is a pretty unique place. It reminds me of a scientific outpost, except that it is a town with stores and businesses and one gas station. There are people walking and kids playing and lots of trucks doing their jobs. I walked around a bit this morning before we began our tour and I saw some

The stars are beautiful when we have a chance to see them this time of year. It's cloudy much of the time. I am amazed and mesmerized at how clear the stars are on a clear night though. I have never seen the Milky Way so full and clear. The cold temperatures and low humidity are a great advantage to

Fin as in the end, last, final not Fish Fin. There was one more instrument up in Terra Lab that I wanted to tell you about. It is a spectrophotometer to measure radionuclides. Now let me translate that. Actually, we will do it together by breaking it down. Spectro - The spectrum is back with us. I

After getting up this morning I repacked my bag, went for a run and got ready to go to the airport for my flight to Barrow. It only takes an hour and fifteen minutes to fly from Fairbanks so it doesn't seem like you're traveling that far. But by the time you get off the plane, you feel as if you

Warning - today's video is not for the faint of heart. We will be looking at the heart of a C. aceratus beating...but it is no longer in the icefish. You have been warned. But first, let's talk. Let me tell you how that is possible for a beating heart to continue to contract outside of the

The beast that grows within may or may not be beastly. That is another aspect of the studies going on down here with the Amslers. The two grad students who are down here with the Amslers, Kate Schoenrock and Ruth McDowell, are looking more closely at endophytes (endo- inside, phyte- plant so that

No, I didn't forget about all of you or get lazy or lost at sea. There was a fire in Fairbanks. An example of how the internet has made the world smaller. A fire in Fairbanks, Alaska prevented me from posting my journal for three days. A fire in the building next to the servers that host this site

Wow! We had over 270 Polar Sundae recipes submitted – Tremendous thanks to all those who participated! Our selection committee had a very difficult time picking just one – so we selected two winning recipes. Don’t forget – these recipes will be available at participating TCBY stores this June – and

Dr. Natali flew out this morning for a science conference in Seattle, Washington. She was looking good but a bit over worked after all of this time in the field. She was in good spirits and we said goodbye until we meet next school year when she comes to visit Talbert! I went for a run, and took a