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 »
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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 »
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Due to a minor communications mix-up between Barrow and Skidaway, this blog entry is out of date-sequence.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 »
Last Sampling Day – January 30, 2011
Mission almost accomplished! We made it back out to our ice camp today to collect our third and final set of samples for this trip. I once again dared to… Read more »
A Second Sampling Day – January 28, 2011
Today was our second scheduled sampling day. We started off the day with the most amazing start of the twilight time ever. I managed to take a picture but it… Read more »
Happy Birthday Lollie – January 27, 2011
Dr. Marc Frischer continues his blog postings on his current research expedition to Barrow, Alaska. Day 6 into our trip, just past the mid-point. After spending most of the day… Read more »
Samples! – January 26, 2011
Dr. Marc Frischer continues his account of his research expedition to the north coast of Alaska. Today was the day. The weather was relatively mild (only -25 deg F); the… Read more »