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Closer Look: Arctic LTER Toolik Field Station, North Slope, AK June 19, 2019 *** ####Video of the Day: Jason Dobkowski, a research scientist at Toolik Field Station in Alaska, explains how to sample dissolved gases in stream water. This sampling is conducted regularly throughout

Soil Science: Getting to the Dirt --- With climate change, we are seeing trends of more severe fires in arctic boreal forests. Severity in this sense, refers to the amount of carbon lost during a forest fire. High severity burns have resulted in high carbon output. Is the soil in "severe" post

Please register for our live Polar Connect event here. It will be Tuesday June 25th 10 am AKDT (11 am PDT, 12 pm MDT, 1 pm CDT, 2 pm EDT) We look forward to answering your questions!

We did some bird watching and got a view of one of two Snowy Owl nests here in Barrow. The male is very protective of the nest and has been known to come at any intruders. Denver Holt, president of the Owl Research Institute, has partnered with explore.org so that everyone can watch the nest live

Photo-Bio Part 4: Photoexposure Toolik Field Station, North Slope, AK June 17, 2019 *** ####Video of the Day: The below time-lapse was taken from 6:50 AM to 8:10 PM and depicts a day of photoexposure at Toolik Field Station. You can see the samples of filtered permafrost leachate

We borrowed some ATVs and drove out to Point Barrow, the most northern spot in the United States. Watch the video below to see what wildlife we encountered!

The drone footage is courtesy of the Systems Ecology Lab of UTEP. Thank you Sergio Vargas and

Midnight Sun in the Arctic Toolik Field Station, North Slope, AK June 16, 2019 *** ####Video of the Day: The summer sun never sets on Toolik Field Station in the Alaskan Arctic. I took the below time-lapse last "night" from 8:31 PM to 7:53 AM, facing south toward Toolik Lake

Soap, DOC, and Foamy Streams Toolik Field Station, North Slope, AK June 15, 2019 *** ####Video of the Day: Filtering raw leachate (previously coarsely filtered) through a 0.2 micron filter, which served to remove finer particulate matter and microorganisms. As it passed through

Photo-Bio Part 3: Filtering the Permafrost Leachate Toolik Field Station, North Slope, AK June 14, 2019 *** ####Photo of the Day: *** As a preface to this post, you’ll benefit from reading my [overview](https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/carbon-in-the-arctic/journals/2019-06-06