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Woke up to an exciting rosette deployment. After more than two days of delays due to strong winds (40 knots) and large waves (15-20 ft) conditions were barely good for a deployment. The waves are still high, which could damage the rosette as it is deployed. Expectation reigned around the Baltic room

Let me introduce you to the Rosette, the apparatus that we use for sampling the ocean waters at different depths. The idea is pretty simple, the design is elegant. The idea is to submerge an open plastic bottle to the desired depth, close it to trap a certain volume of water, and then bring it up to

I know I promised to write about the apparatus that we use for collecting water samples, but I decided to write about another topic today, given the questions that I have been receiving through the 'Ask the Team' tab. I am excited that so many of you have contacted me! One of the questions that

Thermokarst Lakes## Thermokarst is a pitted land surface that occurs in Arctic and subarctic regions as permafrost thaws. Permafrost is more or less permanently frozen ground that is often found in arctic and subarctic regions. The lakes form when meltwater accumulates in the depression in

Blustery Weather While sitting in the conference room I kept glancing outside and all I could see where whirlwinds of snow! I was amazed to learn that Fairbanks had only received 25 inches of snow so far this year! What?!?!? Cleveland has gotten 25 inches of snow in one weekend this year! I

P= 983 mb Science time! It is time to write about the science happening around here. The weather has been great and the scientists and technicians have been busy in the boat. So much is happening here that it is hard for me to organize the journal. First let us contemplate the moon with an

World Ice Art Championships## Tonight we went to the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, AK. There are more than 100 ice artists participating from over 40 countries in this competition. As we wandered around the park in the dark we could hear and see the ice being shaped by chain saws, hair

Orientation today was packed with many meaningful and fun activities. Beginning with the alumni performing a skit on ‘life in the field’ to practicing how the use an Iridium phone, to visiting the warehouse at CH2MHill and getting a glimpse of the clothing that will be available to use in the Arctic

As interesting and as useful as the meetings have been, we took a much needed field trip out into the world. As all students know, you can only sit in your desk for so long. I had a frightening experience where I was almost attacked by a polar bear (see picture). After the initial fright, I quickly

Today has been my favorite day of PolarTREC Orientation yet! We started this morning by learning to add photos to our journals and then had a lesson entitled "Staying Safe in the Field: from A-Z." I also learned some more today about Palmer Station and what to expect while I'm there. Palmer holds