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How We Know Where to Dig

By Anne Jensen · June 4, 2008 ·

BARROW, ALASKA-- The Point Barrow spit looks like a sea of gravel with few clues on the surface to tell us where the burials may be. So how do we know where to dig? One way is by digging "shovel test pits"...

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Why Paleoclimate?

By Billy D'Andrea · May 19, 2008 ·

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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND-- Here's an example of something that inspires me to try to reconstruct past climate.

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Land of the Midnight Sun

By Richard "Chico" Perales · May 13, 2008 ·

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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…

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