Today's highlights included bowhead whales, an Arctic tundra hike, and an ice island. I will incorporate the ice island highlights into the next journal along with the glaciers of Icy Inlet.
Map of…
Durban Harbour and Geology in the Field - August 14, 2013
During the afternoon I participated in the long hike with a few other hardy soles. We scrambled over rocks and scree (broken rock fragments…
Today was an action packed day with two separate tundra hikes and close encounters with killer whales. This day will be split into two journals.
Padloping Island - August 14, 2013
As we scrambled…
Hoare Bay, Baffin Island - August 13, 2013
Today we continued our journey north alongside the Cumberland Peninsula section of Baffin Island. As we made our way up to the Arctic Circle we started to…
Aurora - August 12, 2013
The summer solstice occurs around June 21st. Areas north of the Arctic Circle (66.5° N latitude) receive 24 hours of daylight for 60 days. At a latitude close to 62° N in…
Ottawa - August 10, 2013
Saturday was a beautiful day in Ottawa. City bicycles were available to rent for $7.00/day. This allowed you to ride around for 1 hour before accruing any additional charges…
National Geographic Grosvenor Fellows and Linblad Expeditions
I will be traveling August 9 – 26th, 2013 through Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland with the National Geographic Grosvenor…
I just returned home from a weeklong PolarTREC workshop in Monterey, California. We worked with scientists, engineers and other teachers to create Remote-Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The setting was…
We had a busy end to our week with another field trip on Thursday 3-29-13 to the Alaska Pipeline and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Permafrost Tunnel.
Alaska Pipeline…
Sleep Can Wait
I have already been traveling for over 12 hours, and I'm still not home. I have yet to land in Los Angeles, CA to catch my last flight to Tucson, AZ. PolarTREC teachers and staff are…
Sixteen new PolarTREC teachers are off to a great start! There are two teachers heading to the Arctic in a few days.
Carbon Measurements on the Tundra
Tom Lane will be measuring Carbon in the…
Sled Dog Race
The GCI Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race took place in Fairbanks on March 15-17th. Fifteen dog sled teams participated from places like Alaska, Michigan, New York, Canada…
