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Jens and I grab a bite to eat and we are off to Oslo.....It is about an eight hour flight, slightly delayed. Again, I am lucky to get a window seat with a great view of the Atlantic seaboard. I take a short nap and wake up flying over some beautiful snow covered mountains, below is my first glimpse

Today I left Salem, Oregon heading to my first destination, Bodo, Norway. It has been a year since I first learned I would be part of Professor Iverson's research group studying the seismic movement of the Svartisen glacier located just three hours away from Bodo, lying almost directly on the Arctic

Today was a nice mix of weather and work. We can't use the snowmobile any longer due to the melting snow. We don't want to destroy the tundra by running over it. So we drove the jeep as far as we could on the trail at the end of the road and then we walked for a while to the study site. It was a

I mentioned that there is more than one investigation going on down here with our team. Science is a never ending quest - delving into one question almost always leads to more questions...One of the things that Kristin and Lisa hope to do in the future is study how red blooded and 'white-blooded'

The ArcticNitro Team has reunited in Barrow for spring sampling. It doesn’t seem possible that it’s already been three months since our last trip. It was good seeing everyone again, both on the science and support team. Unfortunately, Tish Yager was not able to make the trip up this time. However

Today we were back at the study site after a couple of days of doing other chores for the project. The sun has really been working at this snow since we arrived last week. The snow that is left at this point is soft and wet which makes it a bit tougher to walk on. We took the snowmobile to the study

So the tanks are set up. We've been experimenting with the temperature controls, the water, and the equipment all weekend to get it ready for the fish. Our team is actually working on a few different things. So I'll explain one at a time. The primary experimentation centers around thermal tolerance

Polar Scavenger Hunt When was the last time you participated in a Scavenger Hunt? Has it been a long time? Maybe never? I have fond childhood memories of participating in a number of scavengers hunts - where each team was given a list of 10 (or so) items to find and collect. Not only did you have

This post is about a month late – so just make believe that it’s March. and I’m at the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) convention in San Francisco. A big part of why I’m here is to meet Ross Powell, the principal investigator of Wissard and to see the S.I.R., the Sub Ice Rover at its

Mike and Corine have about thirty dogs at this time. During the winter months folks come from all over the world just to come to Alaska and experience a tour by dog sled. So Mike and Corine have trained and built their dogs and sleds in to teams that will take people out in to the country for a day