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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…