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For the fourth day in a row Christina and I woke up early, prepped for a helicopter flight, got the go ahead, only to have the flight canceled. Riding in the Toolik helicopter was one of the big things I was looking forward to as part of my PolarTREC experience – but it will have to be delayed until

The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) NASA ABoVE (Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment) team has set up their unique Soil Respiration Stations (SRS) at several different sites across Northern Alaska. Sites vary in vegetation density (forested area or open tundra) and some compare areas that

With the long drive to Toolik on the Dalton Highway I had Christina as a captive audience and was able to ask (and re-ask) several questions about what we had been doing over the last couple days. With all of this being so new to me, I needed a couple days of seeing the science in action before I

See You Again Soon I am now back in NJ and mostly adjusted to this time zone. The past few days have been spent unpacking, sleeping, snuggling my kids, and wading through emails. With the new semester at Rutgers University starting next week, there was little time for me to readjust before picking

While today consisted of many of the typical daily tasks of field work (thaw depth measurements, soil sampling) a highlight was checking out a red fox den near Toolik Station. Red foxes are relatively common on the North Slope. They have longer legs and ears than arctic foxes and also have white

....is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Don't worry, we'll wait till you get back --- Today Christina and I headed back up North (enough of the luxury life in Fairbanks) via the Dalton Highway, a

Or at least that is the plan. When flying to Antarctica you can’t predict exactly when you will get there. The flight from Christchurch to McMurdo Station is never certain because of the harsh weather. I was told we may even get cleared to take-off in the morning, but at the two-hour check in the

As Christina and I visit different monitoring sites for the NASA ABoVE project around Fairbanks, we have several different tasks we have to perform. Today I am going to focus on thaw depth, my personal favorite. To measure thaw depth I first need to use the GPS to find the beginning and ending

....is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Don't worry, we'll wait till you get back --- Back in the field today – but this time at sites outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is much warmer down here! For

....is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Don't worry, we'll wait till you get back --- The snowy owl was my first wildlife sighting in Utqiaġvik – I got to see one as I was entering the Barrow