4th of July at TFS
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,...
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Heidi E Golden
Jul 3, 20151 min
Big Fire Season in Alaska
Piled high with gear, our van heads out early from the University of Alaska’s Institute of Arctic Biology trailer in Fairbanks for a...
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Heidi E Golden
May 16, 20152 min
Hike to I-Minus
One benefit of staying at Toolik Field Station is the opportunity to interact with other scientists, which occasionally leads not only to...
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Heidi E Golden
May 16, 20151 min
Camp Days at Toolik Field Station
With the urgency of racing against snow-melt behind us, we take a collective steadying breath and begin preparing for the spring field...
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Heidi E Golden
May 13, 20151 min
One Day Exception Granted
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...
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Heidi E Golden
May 12, 20151 min
Searching for Snow
Location and depth of snow dictate our future field plans. As our May field season included moving gear out to field sites along the...
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Heidi E Golden
May 11, 20152 min
Fairbanks to Toolik via the Dalton Highway
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...
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Heidi E Golden
May 8, 20152 min
Meetings with CPS and Fish Hatchery
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...
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Heidi E Golden
May 8, 20151 min
Spring in Fairbanks, AK
As experience working in Alaska often proves true, it’s best to expect the unexpected. The snowless landscape viewed from my airplane...
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