Ice Camp! – January 25, 2011
We’re getting there! With our team mostly in place (Debbie Bronk and Karrie Sines arrived today), we’re now only missing our fearless leader Tish Yager. Tish, due to family obligations,… Read more »
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Too Cold To Go – January 24, 2011
Marc Frischer continues his account of the challenges of conducting research during the winter on the north coast of Alaska. Another balmy day in Barrow, as I’m writing it is… Read more »
Back to Barrow – January 22 & 23, 2011
Skidaway Institute professor Marc Frischer is back in Barrow, Alaska, along with grad student Zac Tait, to conduct field work on his project into the effects of warming climate on… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – Packing-up August 31th, 2010
Hi All, Today was our last full day in Barrow and we spent it largely by shipping home our samples and packing-up our gear. The Bronk group did manage to… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – The end is near. August 30th, 2010
Hi All, For a brief moment this morning the sun graced us with its presence and it was glorious. Today was our last day of sampling at our standard station… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – Questing for Humics August 29th, 2010
Dr. Marc Frischer continues his log of his research trip to Barrow, Alaska. Here is some background information on the research project. Hi All, This morning we woke up to… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – 2nd Sampling Day August 28th, 2010
Hi All, We made it back out on the water today! When we woke up, although it was still foggy, the wind had dropped significantly so that the station manager… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – Weather Day August 27th, 2010
Skidaway Institute professor Marc Frischer continues this daily log of his research trip to Barrow, Alaska. With him are Skidaway Inst research tech Victoria Baylor and researchers from the University… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – Lab Day August 26th, 2010
Hi All, Just finishing-up here in Barrow today. Today was a big day of processing all the samples that we collected yesterday. Our general strategy for this trip is to… Read more »
Notes from the Arctic – A day on the water August 25th, 2010
This is the second post by Skidaway Institute professor Marc Frischer, chronicling his research trip to Barrow, Alaska, for his study of the effect of a warming climate on the… Read more »