I Made it to the Arctic Ocean!!
My first view of the Arctic Ocean coast line seen from Alaska Airlines flight with the town Utqiagvik in the center of the photo. Photo by Sarah R. Johnson
Today…
Making a List of Questions and Curiosities
I'm getting rather excited to fly north to Utqiagvik on Sunday afternoon this week. I am in the middle of double checking my list of gear (lots of layers…
Making Observations
The International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) is responsible for accurate highly precise observations of weather conditions of the atmosphere above the Arctic Ocean as well as the…
Action on the Sea Ice Over Past Couple Days
Our team watches the development and movement of sea ice regularly. While the IABP's mission is to deploy environmental sensors on the Arctic Ocean to…
Defining the Arctic is Complex
As I have been learning as much as I can about the Arctic Ocean, the North Slope of Alaska, who owns the Arctic, and Polar regions in general I have come to understand…
So Much Preparation
With only just over six weeks left before departing for Utqiaġvik, Alaska the to-do list is growing. As you know I am not only an assistant scientist with the IABP team, I am…
We Are Back!
Back to the logistics planning table and white boards to capture all the details... yet we are still working from zoom and google drive, no real tables or dry erase markers yet. A…
Weather and Climate Change from the North Pole to the Mainland
Youth (and the young at heart) are invited to this virtual event with Ignatius Rigor Ph.D. Director of the International Arctic Buoy…
Five months later, two of the eleven weather buoys deployed by the International Arctic Buoy Program Sea Cadet students are still collecting and sending data. Check out this map to see the buoy named…
Buoys Deployed in Arctic Ocean
A global pandemic could not stop the International Arctic Buoy Program from deploying drifting weather buoys into the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska…
Tomorrow, if everything was going as it was only 3 weeks ago, I would be embarking on an adventure of a lifetime with a science expedition team to place real-time weather buoys on the sea ice of the…
THIS Time - There WILL Be Another Time
As expected, the National Science Foundation, PolarTREC, and The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) have officially canceled my…
