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PolarConnectAugust 19th came a lot faster than I imagined. After several reviews of the PolarTREC binder and my notes, I felt I was ready to go live. But, as we all know, Murphy’s Rule applies in any situation. In my case, I was in need of an expert in Baseline Surface Radiation Network

Speed 9.2 knots (kts) Course 316° Location Canada Basin, 76.80° N, 147.41° W Depth 3821 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) The deepest features in the Earth's oceans are oceanic trenches. Some exceed 10,000 meters deep, with the

Speed 3.8 knots (kts) Course 80.1° Location Eastern Canada Basin near Northwind Ridge, 76.34° N, 152.11° W Depth 3840 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) When the sky is clear, visual satellite images give a fantastic look at ice

After trudging through tussocks, puddles, and muck, traversing tens of kilometers of tundra, and probing hundreds of thaw depths, my final CALM grid was visited today. As if each grid in Prudhoe, Toolik, and Barrow served as training, today's sampling in Ivotuk proved to be the most backwoods

Jeremy and I spent most of the day collecting lichen in the tundra. Lichen is quite possibly my favorite type of organism in the tundra. It is so unique and unlike anything I have ever considered a plant, but it’s only part plant. (We’ll get into that later.) There were brief units in my science

Speed 4.1 knots (kts) Course 289° Location 75.78° N, 155.59° W, Canada Basin near Northwind Ridge Depth 3483 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see 8/17/10 journal for the questions.) As you can see on the information plaque, each lifeboat has a capacity of 25 passengers. With

Today was the first day for students at many North Slope Borough public schools. Tim Buckley, a science teacher at Barrow High School, allowed Kelsey and I to poke around the Whaler's campus for the afternoon. In addition to teaching AP Physics and Chemistry classes, Mr. Buckley also heads up a

Radiation and weather at Summit Station, Greenland via BSRN, NOAA and the 50-meter Swiss Tower.Weather conditions: Temperature High 24 F Low -15 F Wind-chill 0 to – 30 FToday was a day of information gathering for me as well as the scientific equipment. We started the day by going back out to the

Rob is doing an experiment on plant Inflorescences, the flowering parts of a plant that contain reproductive organs like the pistil and stamens. He wants to know if warming affects seed weights. Seed weights may tell you how well a plant is going to reproduce because it may be correlated with