Wed 27 April 2011 – Lab Day
After yesterday’s first day on the ice, today was supposed to have been spent processing all the samples we collected. However, we forgot our special set of RNA-only pipettes and… Read more »
Tuesday 26 April 2011 – Ice Camp! First Sampling Day.
Finally, the labs are set-up (took most of yesterday), all our gear is clean, organized, and ready for use, and was a sunny (almost 19 hours worth) and not too… Read more »
24 April 2011 – Easter Sunday Setting up
Sleeping was tough last night as our bodies are still adjusting to all the sunlight. Despite being so tired I think both Zac and I had a hard time sleeping… Read more »
Spring In Barrow April 23 – May 4, 2011
23 April 2011 Dr. Marc Frischer Hi All, it’s back to Barrow Alaska for another sampling adventure. As I’ve discussed before in this blog, the intent of our project is… Read more »
Skidaway Institute, Georgia Tech-Savannah partner on phytoplankton research
Sometimes scientific advances provide answers, and sometimes, they simply present more questions. That is what happened when scientists began using satellite imagery to study the ocean. When Skidaway Institute of… Read more »
A great day-trip to Ossawbaw Island
A team of Skidaway Institute scientists visited Ossawbaw Island this week. One of the main reasons for the trip was to perform some maintenance on the Barrier Island Network. Skidaway… Read more »
Skidaway Institute seeking ‘citizen scientists’ to assist with salt marsh study
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography professor Clark Alexander is looking for volunteer scientists to help him assess the problem of marsh wrack. Marsh wrack is the dead marsh grass that forms… Read more »
The Final Days – February 1-5, 2011
The last days are always a blur in Barrow. For those of you who have been following this adventure, I didn’t want to leave you hanging. Our experiences from packing… Read more »
Packing Up – January 31, 2011
With all our samples collected today was spent processing samples and starting the long process of packing up the labs. First, the two male students (Steve and Zac) hosted a… Read more »
Two Down, One To Go – January 29, 2011
Due to a minor communications mix-up between Barrow and Skidaway, this blog entry is out of date-sequence. Sorry. Today we spent most of our day in the lab processing samples,… Read more »