Climate Change and Arctic Tundra: Toolik Lake, Alaska
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Climate Change and Arctic Tundra: Toolik Lake, Alaska
Arctic Ocean from the Air Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473733 File Size: 43765 Comments: 0 / Views: 1473 Description: Sea Ice floating in the Arctic Ocean. |
Arctic Sea Ice Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473620 File Size: 52430 Comments: 0 / Views: 1643 Description: Sea Ice between Prudhoe Bay and Barrow, Alaska |
Tundra Polygons Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473503 File Size: 54843 Comments: 0 / Views: 1592 Description: These are Tudra Polygons. They are a common feature of the arctic landscape. They are 5 to 50 meters in diameter and are formed when the ground cracks as it freezes. The network of cracks in the ground that outline the tundra polygons take decades or centuries to develop. |
Touching the Arctic Oc... Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473334 File Size: 37311 Comments: 0 / Views: 1702 Description: I had to put my hand in the ocean. Having been in the Atlantic, Pacific, and the Gulf of Mexico, touching the Artic Ocean for me was a dream come true! | ||
Fox at Prudhoe Bay Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473203 File Size: 80109 Comments: 0 / Views: 1641 Description: A fox running from the road. There were several Cotton Grass plants in the background. |
Geese and Lunes Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169473095 File Size: 48671 Comments: 0 / Views: 1553 Description: Swimming with their babies |
Prudhoe Bay Hotel Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169472609 File Size: 56431 Comments: 0 / Views: 1769 Description: One of two hotel at Prudhoe Bay, also known as Dead Horse, Alaska |
Arctic Caribou Inn Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169472350 File Size: 47311 Comments: 0 / Views: 1626 Description: One of two hotels at Prudhoe Bay and the place to make reservations for an oil field tour to see the Arctic Ocean. | ||
One Last Sunset Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169472207 File Size: 35097 Comments: 0 / Views: 1636 Description: I had to get a picture of the last sunset that I would experience in the Arctic. |
Weather Systems Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329671 File Size: 62307 Comments: 0 / Views: 1421 Description: It is amazing to realize that the weather systems that hit Texas begin in the Arctic of Alaska! |
Chironomids Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329504 File Size: 47908 Comments: 0 / Views: 1472 Description: Chironomids collected from arctic lakes in Alaska |
Invertebrates in Jars Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329407 File Size: 37456 Comments: 0 / Views: 1406 Description: The invertebrates collected are sorting into different jars | ||
Cameron Lewis and John... Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329293 File Size: 62513 Comments: 0 / Views: 1483 Description: The samples are carried back to the lab where the invertebrates are sorted, put in jars, identified, dried, and then sent home to the lab. Cameron Lewis (bottom) and John Hart-Smith (top) are research assistants at both attending the University of North Carolina. |
Invertebrates II Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329170 File Size: 48032 Comments: 0 / Views: 1437 Description: Invertebrates collected from Toolik Lake |
Invertebrates I Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169329104 File Size: 49740 Comments: 0 / Views: 1422 Description: Invertebrates collected from Toolik Lake |
Sifting Sediment Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169328475 File Size: 69186 Comments: 0 / Views: 1341 Description: After the lake sediment has been collected, they are rinsed in a 500 mm net to remove all of the dirt from the sample. | ||
Robert Northington Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169328374 File Size: 53740 Comments: 0 / Views: 1286 Description: Robert Northington, University of North Carolina, lifting the Eckman out of the lake. |
Field Equipment Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169328241 File Size: 46247 Comments: 0 / Views: 1380 Description: This is a hand-held sonar to measure the depth of water. |
Shop Talk Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169327349 File Size: 64702 Comments: 0 / Views: 1445 Description: On Tuesday nights at Toolik, they have “Shop Talk”. |
Research equipment Uploaded by: Charla_Jordan On: 1169327223 File Size: 71486 Comments: 0 / Views: 1375 Description: This machine measures oxygen levels while the Arctic Ground Squirels are sleeping. | ||
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