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Okay, so blissfully on time was a lot to hope for, but I got in the air albeit an hour and a half late. The flight was rather smooth getting out of Seattle and with little cloud cover we were treated to a great view of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens. I was happy to see these beautiful

After flying all night from Alaska, I have made it home to Denver. I am so excited to see my wife, Kitty and my baby boy, Holt. He is only 9 weeks old today but he gave me a big smile when we were reunited. It was important to get home today to honor Kitty who is celebrating her first Mother's Day

The PolarTREC Orientation draws to a close after a week jammed packed with information, webinars, technology and tremendous guidance from the PolarTREC staff. I am feeling pretty confident about my plan once I leave Fairbanks and a lot of the uncertainty and anxiety that I arrived with has been

Extreme Field Trip The birds and the trees. Well, after yesterday's great excursion to the University of Alaska's Large Animal Research Station (LARS) and the Alaska style potluck dinner at Pioneer Park, I didn't think PolarTREC training could get any better. But it did! We went from extreme cold to

I’d like to take another minute to write about other interesting places in Fairbanks that we were fortunate enough to visit and tour. Creamer’s Refuge started out as the oldest and most successful dairy in Alaska. It opened with three cows during the gold rush era in 1928 and ran successfully until

This is an artist's idea of what the area around the Bering land bridge may have looked like at the closing of the last ice age about 12,000 years ago. The artist, Jay Matternes, included many animals which are now extinct, including ground sloth, northern horse, saber-toothed cats, large-horned

Check out this video which shows where on the globe we'll be going on our Arctic expedition. http://www.polartrec.com/files/members/karl-horeis/files/journal_11814_introvideo2.mp4

May's a little late, but when the snows first melt in Fairbanks, the parking lot of Creamer's Field - a Waterfowl Reserve managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game - is packed with bird watchers relieved to shrug the winter chill. Creamer's Field, in turn, is packed with birds: cranes and