Getting Ready for Greenland
To do field research on top of two miles of ice, you've got to be prepared. Here's what I'm packing. {Read More »}
Archive for May, 2008
Arctic Winter Gives Way to Spring
BARROW, ALASKA-- The seemingly endless circumnavigation of the earth around the sun has come to that point in the journey again where the Arctic region… {Read More »}
Why Paleoclimate?
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND-- Here's an example of something that inspires me to try to reconstruct past climate. {Read More »}
Harbinger of Eternal Daylight
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA-- The snow only just melted in interior Alaska last week. Signs of spring abound here: the sky is light for almost twenty hours… {Read More »}
Next Sunset: August 2nd
BARROW, ALASKA-- (By Robyn Higdon) Barrow always surprises me, and makes me feel silly in my expectations. I was last here in August, 2007, for… {Read More »}
Scouting for Sites & Shooting in Snow
BARROW, ALASKA-- (By Robyn Higdon) Today the work started for real. We met with scientists, arranged for a car, and started to scout locations for… {Read More »}
Outfitting the Adventure
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA-- Scientists that travel to the Arctic to conduct their research have learned that proper planning can be the difference between having a successful… {Read More »}
Land of the Midnight Sun
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA-- The adventure of working in the Arctic supporting scientific research has begun. After a long day of connecting flights I finally made it… {Read More »}
Living the Dream
BARROW, ALASKA– Since I was a little girl I’ve been fascinated with the past. In this video, I describe the fulfillment of my lifelong dream to work as an archaeologist in the Arctic. {Read More »}
The Arctic Journey Begins
EL PASO, TEXAS-- "You have got to be kidding me." That is what goes through your mind when you literally have to go to the… {Read More »}
