Journal

Weather changed throughout the day. Thick fog grounded helicopters.

Fog on Tundra
Fog on Tundra

but not the researchers.

Team in Fog
Research Team in Fog

The sun came out in the evening, and a swan searched for food.

Swan
Swan on Toolik Lake

However, it was time for bed. This last photo was taken at 11 PM, on my way back from the shower building.

Evening Sun
Sun at Night

Details
Author
Regina Brinker
Date
Location
Toolik Field Station
Expedition
Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions 2014

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Comments

Fri, 06/20/2014 - 15:14

Lucy Coleman

Regina-
Your photos and journals are excellent and informative and I enjoy following along with your expedition! I wonder if you've been taking measurements from the thermokarst failures mentioned in the research synopsis?

Sun, 06/22/2014 - 18:19

Susan Steiner

nice pictures...I love how it is hard to tell night from day when it's foggy out. I also love that foot travel is just not a problem on a foggy tundra day. Looks like greenup is not quite complete?

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 09:35

Regina Brinker

Hi, Lucy. I wish that you were here!We went to a thermokarst yesterday. I poked a thermometer into a ground
opening and got a reading of 5ºC. The top of the soil was 10ºC. I
didn't take other measurements yet, but am doing a lot of exploring. The
researchers are taking water samples from various sites for their
experiments.

On

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 09:35

Regina Brinker

Hi, Susan. I often think of you, remembering your comments and advice for Toolik. I do not know if greenup is complete or not. I'm not seeing
many buds on plants, though. We are going to different sites tomorrow so
I hope to see more flowers. Check out the video I just posted.