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Meet an Atmospheric Chemist

By Zoe Courville · June 12, 2008 · comments 2 comments
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- I caught up with Dr. Jack Dibb, a fixture at Summit Camp since its beginning in 1989. Jack is an atmospheric chemist...
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Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland

By Zoe Courville · June 11, 2008 · comments 1 comment
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- To get to Summit Camp, we fly with the 109th Air National Guard in a Hercules C-130 aircraft. It is definitely not your typical airline experience.
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Settling in at Summit

By Zoe Courville · June 9, 2008 · comments 5 comments
SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- On Friday, we had to say goodbye to Tom, who was only up at Summit for the week to run radar profiles…
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Arriving in Greenland

By Zoe Courville · June 6, 2008 · comments 3 comments
KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On Monday, our team of Tom Neumann (University of Vermont), Elyse Williamson (Hamilton College), Kristina Sorg (Bowdoin College) and I arrived bright and…
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Getting Ready for Greenland

By Zoe Courville · May 19, 2008 · comments 1 comment
To do field research on top of two miles of ice, you've got to be prepared. Here's what I'm packing.
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This Summer’s Research

By Zoe Courville · May 7, 2008 · comments No comments yet
This summer, I'm headed to Summit, Greenland, to study how snow becomes ice. Here's a short introduction to the project.
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