No fireworks on the 4th of July at Toolik Field Station because the sun never sets and they wouldn’t be very impressive.  That doesn’t,...

Piled high with gear, our van heads out early from the University of Alaska’s Institute of Arctic Biology trailer in Fairbanks for a...

One benefit of staying at Toolik Field Station is the opportunity to interact with other scientists, which occasionally leads not only to...

With the urgency of racing against snow-melt behind us, we take a collective steadying breath and begin preparing for the spring field...

Extremely warm weather for this time of year has left very little snow cover over much of the North Slope and yesterday we waited in...

Location and depth of snow dictate our future field plans.  As our May field season included moving gear out to field sites along the...

Starting our day with a “catching-up” meeting over breakfast with USFWS chief Jeff Adams at Sam’s Sourdough Cafe makes for a great bon...

Checkbox number one on my list: Meet with Joe and Dana at CPS for an ARIS power station lesson. As part of our new National Science...

As experience working in Alaska often proves true, it’s best to expect the unexpected.  The snowless landscape viewed from my airplane...