Richard "Chico" Perales , from El Paso, Texas, is a project field coordinator with Polar Field Services, a logistical contractor that supports science research projects in the North and South Poles. His career working in the polar regions began in 1990 at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. In 2003 he began shifting his experience to the Arctic. He is currently involved in the planning and installation of infrastructure for a hydrology project near Barrow, Alaska, that will enable researchers to understand the role of soil moisture in controlling ecosystem carbon balance. Chico begins blogging in April 2008. 
Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. 
