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Matt Moore

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Expeditions: Climate Change Svalbard
Occupation: Teacher
Organization: Kents Hill School

Matthew Moore teaches High School Biology, AP Environmental Science, Lake Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Field Biology at Kents Hill School in Kents, Maine. Mr. Moore is very interested in climate science, in particular how anthropogenic factors of climate change may be influencing arctic ecosystems and cultures. Mr. Moore was very happy to broaden his knowledge and skills by participating in this expedition in order to better teach young people about the Earth’s ecosystems and their role in it.

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Lichens in Svalbard

Hi, Maggie.

There are a few things we know about lichens. They grow to agreat age and in some habitats can have rapid early growth as they pioneer an area that is undergoing primary succession, like a newly formed moraine from glacial retreat. It is not entirely clear if these lichens...{read more}

July 30, 2007 - 9:32am
Reindeer and Seals in Svalbard

Hi, Maggie

The reindeer are native and a subspecies of the caribou. Their scientific name is Rangifer tarrandus platyrhynchus. They are more closely related to Canadian caribou then they scandanavian reindeer, although the caribou in Norh America are considerably taller and larger....{read more}

July 30, 2007 - 9:25am
Research progress

Hi Janet, Busy morning here at Kap Linne. We've got three polar bears (not those from the storybook) on the beach close to camp. So, we're hanging close to camp until things mellow out a bit. I'm sure Matt will post on this later with some cool pics!

As Matt probably explained this is a...{read more}

July 27, 2007 - 12:51am
Hi Julie

Julie,

We were on a layover in Oslo, so Al played tour guide to us newbies and called a cab for us to go into the city for a couple of hours. The cab flatted on the highway and Al jumped out to help the cabbie who was working with cars and trucks wiping by him. We made it to Oslo alive...{read more}

July 26, 2007 - 2:59pm
Svalbard Research Site

Hi Kristin,

The walk to the lake is over tundra. We see reindeer almost every day and the tundra/alpine wildflowers are beautiful. I do my best to tip toe around them! Some of the more beautiful ones are moss campium (see photo in my photo gallery), arctic poppy, dryas, and arctic...{read more}

July 25, 2007 - 1:47pm
Polar Bears in Svalbard

Maggie,

Sorry this reply is so late. We had trouble getting the modem and connection up and running here at Kapp Linne and I have been putting in some monster days with serious hiking. I logged about 18 miles yesterday!

Anyway, the bears, I've learned spend most of there...{read more}

July 25, 2007 - 1:51pm
Svalbard Weather

Hi Rob,


I bet...{read more}
July 20, 2007 - 8:56am

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