Janey Duffy-Anderson and Chrissy Hayes hold a flag made by a student in Nome's Ecology Explorers program.
As we steam westward along the second line of sampling, DBO-2, the research teams continue to collect CTD data, water and benthic samples, and plankton at each site. Janet Duffy-Anderson, a NOAA…
Piper Bartlett-Browne uses a hose to remove mud from the grabs to expose the living and dead organisms.
Before we get into today's journal entry, I want to remind you all that my PolarConnect event is scheduled for August 20th at 5pm EST. This is a live stream with myself, Dr. Lee Cooper, Dr. Jackie…
Charlie and Linnaea Wright of US Fish and Wildlife counting and identifying birds on the bridge of the Healy.
Charlie and Linnaea Wright are two researchers from US Fish and Wildlife out of Anchorage, AK. They spend most of their day on the bridge identifying and counting seabirds in order to collect a data…
Piper Bartlett-Browne next to the CTD in the loading dock before deployment.
We are still en route to DBO 1-1, which is the first sampling site on our expedition. We passed St. Lawrence Island very early this morning to our east and Russia to the west. Today was a bustle of…
Piper Bartlett-Browne in a mustang suit.
After almost a week in Nome, we are headed out on the Healy! All of the research teams met at the Nome Port to get picked up by the small Coast Guard boats that would take us out to the ship. Per…
Piper Bartlett-Browne beside the Nome city sign.
Yesterday was a sunny and warm day here in Nome. I continued to explore the community. I visited the library, the Carrie McLain Museum, and met more of the research teams. You can tell that everyone…
Getting to ready to talk about polar science and the USCGC Healy.
I had the opportunity to work with Jackie Hrabok-Leppajarvi (a reindeer epidemiologist!) and the students of UAF's Ecology Explorers. The 13 local kids participating in this summer program were…
Welcome to Nome with a view of the Bering Sea.
I left my house in New Hampshire at 2:30am EST on Monday, July 29th to begin my PolarTREC expedition. I flew from Boston to Seattle, Seattle to Anchorage, and then Anchorage to Nome with a short stop…
An activity table for the kids at the Dover Children's Museum.
Countdown t-minus 5 days! As July 29th approaches, I am getting more and more excited about the expedition. My outreach in the community has ramped up and I have been talking to a lot of great people…
Ranger spends her one year birthday helping me pack.
With only two weeks to go until I head out on my expedition aboard the USCGC Healy, I am getting together all the items on my packing list and preparing for August in the Chukchi Sea. I have been…
As the orientation week comes to a close, I have learned so much about the program, the polar regions, and my fellow teachers. I am excited to be surrounded by such fun, talented, and supportive…
Walk-Around Sleeping Bag
In 1947, the United States Air Force (USAF) created the fascinating, and sometimes controversial, Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory (AAL) based out of the Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks, AK. With the…