It's spring on the tundra!
Our research site at Atigun River seems to have turned green overnight!
Do you wonder what Toolik Field Station looks like? Watch this three minute video tour of…
Team Squirrel usually works long hours, but this week we took some time off (one day on purpose and one day because of bad weather). So, what do you do in Toolik when you have free time? (Besides…
I have now officially been on every mile of the Dalton highway, been 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and 1200 miles north of the North Pole.
We took an impromptu trip to Deadhorse (awful name…
This post is for those of you that have asked me how Arctic ground squirrels compare with the squirrels we see in Oklahoma (mostly Eastern fox squirrels).
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the video!
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I’ve talked a bit about some of the skills needed to be a scientist: organization, focus, collaboration, etc.
However, there are some less glamorous skills that I see scientists use often that might…
Earning a ticket back to the lab
Science is all about data: the more data, the better! So, we gather a variety of information about every squirrel that we capture and carefully record the…
After spending time on the tundra, I realize that most of the ideas I had about the tundra were wrong or incomplete. Watch this video to learn more!
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This morning was snowy, windy, and generally icky outside. However, even when the weather is less than stellar, it is still beautiful here on the North Slope in Alaska. Inside camp itself isn’t…
Another term commonly used for Arctic ground squirrels is “Sik Sik”.
Arctic ground squirrel near the Atigun River on the North Slope of Alaska. Its bare belly shows that it had surgery recently to…
Whew! I just got back from my work with Team Squirrel at 10PM tonight. Thanks to the later night, we now have our phase shift experiment just about ready to go!
The experiment in simple terms…
Sun, Plants, and Mosquitoes
Today was a beautiful day in the Arctic; blue skies and fifty degrees! I could get used to this!
We spent the whole day trapping and covered lots of ground since two…
It’s all about: gender, loggers, ear tags, light collars, and wire color
Our first day out trapping squirrels, I was surprised when we let several of them go, rather than take them back to the lab…
