The NEON plane
Learning is never done Last night we were fortunate to meet the crew of National Ecological Observation Network (NEON) at the airport. NEON is an NSF funded project, for the next 30 years will…
IBP pond
First Day of Sampling So I learned that the sun set today for only a minute at around 2am in Barrow. It won't REALLY set until the beginning of August. Today was our field day in Alaska! Starting…
Packing for my trip
Traveling to Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Packing for Barrow was very hard, checking the weather, going to extreme weather (ridiculously hot) to super cold weather. As I am packing for Alaska it is about 85F…
YSI-DSS-multiprobe
UTEP AQUATIC ECOLOGY For the past two weeks I started to get my researcher legs back... it's a good thing. Good practice for my upcoming trip! I have got to meet the researchers coming with me to…
Being selected as a participant in PolarTrec is a very unique opportunity. It is not my first polar experience though. In 2007, I was selected as a researcher in the IPY-ROAM (International Polar…