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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »