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An aerial overview of Southwestern Alaska reveals a concentration of natural lakes. For these to exist there need to be depressions in the landscape below the water table that allow ground water to accumulate. These topographic lows were created by the scouring action of glaciers which also form

Coming into the IceCube project as a biologist was apprehensive to say the least. I certainly felt like the outsider among the physics heavy staff and teaching regiment. Biology is my passion but I also have a deep interest in physics as a content area. My involvement with IceCube has given me the

Katey writes: "I hear music!” It was the cry of victory for Upward Bound students in River Falls, WI. Thirty-five students, nearly all of them in possession of their own cell phone or iPod (or both!) were tuning in to AM radio signals and celebrating the success of hearing fuzzy preachers or faint

Sitting, just sitting still in a natural area for an extended period of time offers one a glimpse into the natural world that goes completely unobserved when a person is in motion, no matter how fast or how slow you are walking. Hunters know this. My brother is a hunter and has told me stories of

Ironically, the quietest, most reserved, members of our crew have been dubbed, the "Iceberg Cowboys" by everyone else. This journal entry will introduce you to Phaedra Tinder and Hector Zamora. You will learn a little about them and their projects, as well as the science they are doing that has

It's midnight. We have a boat. We have our survival suits. We have water skis.We have what???? That's right! Water skis! Ever since we noticed the water skis at the French station, we just knew . . . we had to try it. http://

Just so you know . . . real scientists

One of the unexpected pleasures of this experience has been the opportunity to work with so many people that are engaged in important research projects here on St. Paul Island. While I am here to work with kittiwakes and murres, I have had opportunities to connect with people doing research on

We do a lot of things to study these birds. I've discussed how we deploy technological tools to track their movements; that we set up observation posts to look at their time both at and away from the nest; how we examine at their diet samples to see what the birds are feeding upon and even sample

Sediment cores are harvested in 2.5 inch diameter polycarbonate tubes that are tamped into the lakebed with a weight. The tubes are fastened onto a coring head and collar with large hose camps to hold them firmly in line with the weight by a threaded rod that passes through both of them. Both the

Scott Murphy writes: The iceCube/PolarTrec team descended upon River Falls, Wisconsin on July 6th for two weeks full of science, Midwestern hospitality, and good old-fashioned fun. We were lucky enough to be hosted by Dr. Jim Madsen and the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. We stayed at Parker