A Year as a PolarTrec Teacher
As the anniversary of traveling to Fairbanks, AK for training has approached and passed I can't help thinking of all I have done as a PolarTrec teacher the past year.…
The research will occur in Greenland's vast tundra. The Arctic tundra is a stark landscape where the the soil is permanently frozen. This frozen subsoil is referred to as permafrost. Because of…
Sandstorms and Sandy Beaches
The pollination project has been gong really well. We have finished the Salix minus some observations which have been delayed due to the weather (I will explain in a…
Explore Your World
I am standing in front of the ice sheet.
From a distance Kangerlussuaq may seem plain and sand filled, but if you take the time to really look, you can see the beauty that this…
Can You Figure It Out?
The sand makes a perfect medium for looking at animal prints. Looks at these next few prints and see if you can figure out what they are.
First Print: It is small and furry…
Drinking my coffee in front of KISS
One of the big questions I had before coming to Greenland was, "What will KISS be like?" It sounded too good to be true. A building filled with just science…
Doing Science!
In previous journals I explained how we set up sites. We are studying 3 plants and we have 9 locations (3 cold, 3 medium, and 3 warm) for each with a total of 27. After we find the…
Tour of Camp
I have mentioned in previous journals that I am living in a tent in the Arctic Tundra. Probably not many people have had this experience so I want to share it with you. It is pretty…
Here is more information on the three flowers we are studying...
Salix Glauca (gray leaf willow) - expanding across the Arctic and is making Greenland more "shrubby."
Salix Glauca (gray leaf willow…
I'm the Bag Lady
For the past two days (June 13th and 14th) my schedule has been the same. I wake up at 7am to leave camp at 8. We have been eating granola with dried cherries and I found the…
Bees and Flowers
We woke up at 7am so that we could leave camp around 8:15am which is when we have to call in to KISS on the satellite phone to tell them that we are okay. In return, they give us…
