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Whenever I travel, I like to learn as much as I can about a place before I go. This is so I don’t spend so much time trying to learn the basics and can really learn more about the "place”. Consequently, our bookshelf at home is filled with various guide books, reference books, and maps about places

Yesterday, before starting the Snowbird experiment, all five fiber optics needed to be calibrated. Learning how to calibrate the fiber optics made me realize that I need to be more aware of my own lab equipment, even our triple beam balances. The calibration stand allowed for several light sources

As we arrived on May 15 at Summit, Greenland, one of the activities going on was a big deep snow pit being dug near the Big House. Blocks of snow would be thrown up and out, caught by another person, who threw it to someone else who then stacked the blocks. Well, the process was even more

Yesterday afternoon, I boarded a small twin-engine plane along with a little girl, her mother, and about 700 pounds of freight and departed Nome for St. Lawrence Island. We headed southwest – straight out from Nome – across the now open ocean. Looking down into the big blue, I can tell that the sea

Early morning – got up at 5AM and headed to the airport to catch Frontier Airlines for Nome. After two hours and a few winks, I’m now here in Nome. I was scheduled to catch a flight from Nome to Gambell at 1PM but that has already been delayed until 3PM. This brings back memories of earlier years

We have drilled and processed about 44 meters of firn so far while at Summit. The goal is for 120 meters, so we are about one third of the way there. The pore close off between firn and ice is approximately 80 meters. Dr. Jeff Severinghaus and Vas Petrenko continue to sample firn air about every 10

Starting in 1989 the drilling project to go through the ice to bedrock at Summit began. On July 1, 1993 the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) successfully drilled through 3053.44 meters down to bedrock. Snow doesn’t melt here since the average temperature is -31C which makes it an ideal area

What a week! Most everyone at ARCUS is off in Washington D.C. at the Arctic Forum. The office is REALLY quiet – just three of us here now – clicking away at our computer keyboards and answering the phone. This morning we hosted a Live from IPY! event with Jo Dodds and Mary Albert in Summit

Ten days……that is when I will be heading up to the top of the world, or at least as close as one can get and still be on dry land in the United States. I have been preparing for the trip, at the same time I have been working to complete the school year. We began exams last Friday at Spartanburg High

Five birds were spotted in camp in the morning. They were definitely not where they needed to be. There were trying to get warm but were also skiterish when people came by, so I have yet to get a picture. After talking with Kathy, our camp manager, there have been a variety of species in past years