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Today I got to know Lewis Brower. Lewis is officially the station manager of the Barrow Arctic Research Center (BASC). His job is to oversee all BASC's operations, make sure that everything runs smoothly, and ensure the safety of all the researchers. Lewis was one of the first people I met when I

Speed 11.4 knots (kts) Course 247° Location 71.54° N, 157.08° W, approx. 14 nm offshore from Barrow. Depth 116 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) When we measure in miles on land we nearly always use statute miles. At sea we use nautical

When we left Atqasuk today for Barrow, it was raining and foggy. Only a few seconds after takeoff from the dirt airstrip, the village disappeared into the clouds below. As usual, I got to thinking on the flight...I was sad to leave Atqasuk. It had really become like home to me: trekking through the

Speed 6.9 knots (kts) Course 214° Location Beaufort Sea approx. 180 nm northeast of Barrow AK Depth 3705 ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) The IABP buoy went 34.4 nautical miles (nm) in 5 days. So by taking 34.4 / 5, we have an average drift

I’m writing from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, hoping everyone had a great weekend in New Orleans and beyond. We just arrived back in Prudhoe this evening after a final day at Toolik Field Station. Tomorrow morning, we fly out to Barrow, Alaska, where we will be “base camped” for the remainder of the

Today I woke up to my tent shaking in the wind. I knew that I could hit the snooze button a few more times as high winds meant no work on the Swiss Tower. We were anticipating calm winds today so we could climb the tower to move scientific equipment to a higher position due to the accumulating snow

Speed 3.8 knots (kts) Course 7.2° Location Beaufort Sea 73.76°N, 145.31° W with CCG Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent Depth 3716 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) The Law of Superposition applies to sediment layers and states that younger

Aware of the delicate role that weather plays in our flight plans, we awoke this morning to assess the conditions outside. With the skies clear, the prospects looked good for our second day aboard the chopper.Today’s tasks included uploading data from five monitoring stations spread across the area

If I had thought that the field sites we had visited thus far were off the beaten path, I was in for an awakening today. For two days, our team will be dropping in on sites so remote they require a helicopter to access. We have had a history of cloudy days on our expedition thus far, which has

Weather ConditionsTemperature -17 C 1 F Wind speed 7.0 knotsWake up 1:30am, 3:43am and 6:30am Sleeping in a tent in the Arctic was a new experience for me. Temperatures dipped below 0 degrees F and the winds were consistently blowing against the tent. At first, I was a little cold, but I eventually