Video created by PolarTREC teacher Kate Miller on her experience working with researcher Dr. Jim Madsen and other teachers with the Upward Bound Program in July 2017 in Rivers Falls, Wisconsin.
So it really hit me today. Standing on the top of a hill in Toolik working on phenology plots, thinking about the overall greenness of the ledum in a plot 42, and it struck me. I'm doing science. Real science. I'm playing a part in understanding climate change and its affects on an ecosystem. I'm
Today we spent organizing our equipment and collecting it from Alaska air cargo and then transferring it all to the ship. We were allowed to sleep on the ship tonight so we could depart when ready on the 26th. We were allocated our bunks and I was lucky enough to get a porthole in mine so I can
After an unusual beginning to my time in the arctic (weather-wise, that is), routine is beginning to settle in. Not only did we accomplish the Monday To Do list, but got in a bunch of side projects too. Sunny, beautiful days are productive days in the arctic. Today we did: * Two tram runs (Toolik
After leaving Philadelphia at 6:30am, three flights later, including a stop in Kotzebue, north of the Arctic Circle, I finally made it to Nome. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. In 2016 the population was estimated at 3,797. Some of us met
How Nutritious Is the Tundra? Today I got to spend the day working with the South Dakota State University team, Jess, Heidi, and Monica. They go out three times in a season and collect plants, mosses, shrubs, and lichens that are available to caribou for forage. They cover a large area of the
This lesson was created by Rebecca Harris after being a part of the Arctic Glacial Lakes PolarTREC Expedition. She was inspired by how important suspended sediment, something so often overlooked by non scientists, was for developing paleoclimate models as well as ecosystems. Students will observe a watershed or a model of a watershed to make predictions about what might
The next stage in the PQ process is the physical. How exactly would I measure up against an adult Weddell seal? Common Name: Human: Bridget Ward Scientific Name: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mamallia Order: Primate Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species: sapiens Height: 5 feet 3 inches
