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It’s time for a physical geography lesson about Svalbard and our study area, and we’ll let the climate drive the lesson since it involves all aspects of the physical geography of Svalbard. You may want to have that map or globe ready! First of all, we have to remember that most of us live in the

So there I was feeling really confident on my introductory journal on krill only to realize I really knew nothing at all. Tonight I sat down with Alexei Pinchuk and Rachel Pleuthner, wow, I am so impressed with the depth of their knowledge and expertise. But now I am tasked with trying to open a

The items for the day are the tools that I used throughout the day today. I was once again in the Driftwood Feature. A cold, windy day, the forecast actually called for some snow showers!! Only in Barrow!! We continued to excavate, removing gravel by the shovelful, and then by the bucketful. The

Polar Date: July 17, 2008 The fog rolled in bringing with it cold air, wind and more rain. It would have been a great day for sleeping in, but that was not part of the plan. Today was Live from IPY which started at 9:00 a.m. Donie, John, Laura and I gathered around the phone and computer in Lab

************************************** Seattle: July 9th, 7:30 pm South Korea: July 10th, 11:30 am I always love having new adventures. Well I realize that is what I am about to do. It is my dad's (Dr. John Ben Fitzhugh's) third trip to Russia and this time he is bringing my mom, my three-year old

Our first day in the field began with a wonderful smorgasbord for breakfast at 8AM which consisted of homemade bread, numerous toppings, cereals, juices, fruits and vegetables. This is similar to what we eat in the United States, although a few of the items we consider lunch items as opposed to

Our lectures today had us chomping at the bit to get out of town since we saw pictures of the study location, the field equipment and the data from previous years. Al provided us with a terrific talk on the types of data we can gather, and in a discussion on the lake sediments posed a number of

9 July 2008 , Wednesday *** Clean UP Hike with Denver written Wednesday a week later 16 July 2008 Alaska Railroad * In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb I didn't know what about, but I was feelin' quite disturbed A street sweeper came whistlin' by, he was bouncin' every step It

This is my first time ever above the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle circles the earth at 66° 33? 39? (or 66.56083°) north of the equator. It is defined by the southern-most point of a "polar day" and "polar night" meaning that here the sun stays above the horizon for 24 hours, and stays below the