Seabird Survivor Game
We’ve enjoyed following Catherine Pham’s journeys as she studied seabirds out at-sea over the last year. This past week, Catherine flew all the way from Hawaii to [...]
The Arctic Eis Team
We’ve discussed in the past how important teamwork and collaboration is for research. Ship-based research is often an extreme example of collaborative work. […]
Data analysis…
We’ve learnt a lot about doing seabird surveys at-sea. But, what happens after you’ve collected all those data? Maybe this is when the hard work really starts? Catherine [...]
That’s all folks!
We are out of candy, so we are heading in to Wainwright. Well, we are out of candy, but that’s not why we are heading in to [...]
Charismatic microfauna
Seabirds are charismatic megafauna—they are large animals that have popular appeal due to their cute or beautiful appearance. So what about all the little critters out there? [...]
At Anchor
Early Tuesday morning, we left our study area to head up to Pt. Barrow. Why? Because the marine forecast for our region was calling for 35 [...]
Walruses, auklets, and brittle stars, oh my!
Walruses are part of that special group of animals that are so ugly they are cute. In more scientific terms, walrus are part of the pinniped [...]
The Night Shift
While the seabird and marine mammal observers sleep at night, other scientists are afoot. At every sample station (red dots on the map), they are on deck [...]
Life on the R/V Norseman II
When you are living and working on a boat, two things stand out—you are stuck on the boat, and that boats can move in multiple directions at [...]
The Wheelhouse Gang
We have been transiting from Prudhoe Bay to our first sample station for the past several days (yellow star in location map above shows current location), and were [...]
Kick-off
What is the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project? The AMBON project is one of three pilot projects whose goal is to help establish a national [...]