![Aurora Cabin, Wiseman, Alaska](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034439/IMG_0256-2-e1442226463336-470x140.jpg)
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….
![NASA Quadrocopter](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034440/IMG_0241-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Aurora](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034441/aurora_Sep12_2015-470x140.jpg)
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…
![The “sighting” of a muskoxen](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034441/IMG_0216-470x140.jpg)
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…
![The perils of the Haul Road](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034442/IMG_0251-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Tundra Geophysics](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034445/IMG_0184-e1441985034174-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Toolik Field Station](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034446/IMG_0175-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Entering the Arctic](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034458/20150907_115819_001_resized-470x140.jpg)
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….
![NASA aircraft and field preparation](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4530/2015/09/16034500/IMG_0150-e1441613458601-470x140.jpg)
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…