One of our last rest stops between field sites was at one of the magnificent “Arctic Getaway” cabins owned and operated by the Hicker family….
Dr. Erika Podest has been field-testing an unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, for various research applications. In one of her test flights…
The Northern lights is enough reason alone for many people to visit Alaska. Although it was not the cause of this fieldtrip, I was extremely…
Driving on the Dalton highway includes random encounters with precious wildlife. We were driving late night returning from a field day in the tundra when…
Driving on the Dalton highway is an experience that has been celebrated by such TV series as the “Ice Road Truckers.” Also known as the…
The last three days have been devoted to fieldwork in the tundra, collecting near surface geophysical data. We are using a 72-electrode Iris instrument to…
It snowed overnight at the Toolik Field Station where we are staying. This is a picture of the conditions at the station in the morning…
Today was traveling day. We travelled approximately 370 miles from Fairbanks to the Toolik Field Station (TFS) located at 68° 38′ N, 149° 36′ W….
The first day in Fairbanks was devoted to making sure that our gear list was complete, especially with the items that we could not or…
