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So I’ve had many people ask me about where I’m actually going to be living and what life is going to be like down on “the Ice”.This journal is for all of you. No- we will not be cuddled up in tents on the ice for the entire time. No, we will not be on icebreakers making our way through the frigid

Speed 3.6 knots (kts) Course 9.1° Location 72.0° N, 138.7° W Depth 2648.3 Meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) If the Healy holds 1,200,000 gallons of fuel and typically burns about 11,000 a day, then **it can go about 109 days without

Ducks have recently hatched and have been seen in the lake, in the ocean and karst ponds following their parents and learning their duck skills. The glacier group is winding down their sample collection. They go to the glacier every other day and have one more sample collection day before we leave

So we’ve been waiting for a grid frame to arrive from Michigan. The grid frame is for the NIMS (Network Info-Mechanical Systems) transect. The NIMS transect is a 50 meter by 2 meter transect that we are using to study plant type and percentage of cover. Sergio has been taking pictures of the NIMS

The beginning of our journey north coincided with the first clear morning we saw in Anchorage. We were on Highway 3 by 9:30 am, with Dima and I trading off time at the wheel. We made a brief pit stop in Wasilla, Alaska – the town formerly mayored by the famed one-time vice presidential candidate

Speed 7.0 knots (kts) Course 103° Location 71.074° N, 145.036° W Depth 1418.5 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) As the name implies, Thick-billed Murres have a heavier bill than Common Murres. Most of the birds in this image are Thick

The rain did not relent for our last day in Anchorage, though it also did not stifle a scenic drive to Chugach National Forest along the Cook Inlet. After arriving at the forest’s visitor center, Ellen, Dima, Elliot, Kelsey, and I trekked to the foot of the Portage Glacier. Dima, our resident

I'm a little too tired to write a lot...feeling kind of sick lately. However, I did manage to pretty much finish the ITEX video today so I’m pretty happy about that...Yippee!!!!! Tomorrow I'll be back in the field and I hope to have another cool story to share.

Shopping on the North Slope is not like home. There is no mall with a few hundred stores. In fact, in Barrow there is only one large store callled the Stuaqpak. It has groceries, electronics, clothing, and automotive supplies. However, everything costs more...a lot more. Rob and Jeremy told me to

The Svalbard Kurset is a class about Svalbard given by UNIS to many important people from the Norwegian ministries. Two days of the two week long class took place at the site of our field area, Kapp Linne. They educate the government officials or advisors to politicians so they understand the issues