This is the fourth journal in a series of posts explaining the science of our expedition.
It is easy for most people to understand why a scientist might study animals like polar bears or bowhead…
Thunderstorms roll in over the Brooks Range. Photo by Lauren Watel.
Here is the third audio journal called in from Rebecca Harris while waiting out a freezing rain storm in her tent. It's hard to…
View of the Brooks Range as seen from Toolik Field Station. Photo by Lauren Watel.
The field team visits Chamberlain Glacier, scales moraines, and weathers a storm.
Here is the fourth audio…
This is the third journal in a series of posts explaining the science of our expedition.
One of our tasks in the field is monitoring Chamberlin glacier. Understanding how glaciers change over time…
The Lake Peters Field Team finally conquers Carnivore Creek!
View of the Brooks Range from the helicopter. In the Kuparuk River Valley. Photo by Melissa Barker.
This is the second field dispatch…
This is the second journal in a series of posts about the science behind our expedition.
When I visited Ellie's lab group in Flagstaff, I discovered the Arctic Glacial Lakes project is highly…
Ellie Broadman, Chris Benson, Rebecca Harris, and Darrell Kaufman before leaving for their expedition. (Credit: Anna Liljedahl)
The first field dispatch from the Arctic Glacial Lakes project.
This…
Lake Peters is located in the Brooks Range and is a part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). ANWR is federally protected dating back to 1943, when the government "withdrew" most of the…
This is the first journal in a series of posts explaining the science of our expedition.
The Arctic is often defined as the area north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle lies at a latitude of…
I am going on five days in Coldfoot, and it has felt like one endless day. The same flat light, filtering through clouds, hour after hour. Rain pitter pattering on tents. Sled dogs howling and…
Rebecca Harris takes a hike in the boreal forest, Coldfoot, Alaska.
When I first arrived in the Arctic, much to my surprise, I noticed many similarities between the forests here and in the…
It's a stretch to call Coldfoot a town. Really, it is a truck stop for those driving the Dalton Highway.
A view of modern day Coldfoot. The Trucker Cafe (left of center), post office (left of cafe…
