Springtime in Alaska

A bird skull I found out at a site where a friend is studying thermokarsts (aka, places where permafrost thaw has caused ground subsidence)

This is where I work when not gallivanting around outdoors

Salute your shorts tribute in Toolik Field Station's old dining hall. This appeared anonymously last summer, no one has taken credit (yet).

Midnight sun with a frozen Toolik Lake visible through the structure of a tent-lab

View of the lake from my tent

Ptarmigan photo shoot #1
Did you know that the willow ptarmigan is Alaska's state bird?

Ptarmigan photo shoot #2

Ptarmigan photo shoot #3
(This would be an awesome picture if he hadn't just pooped)

New ASD spectroradiometer! This instrument measures canopy reflectance of visible light, visible near infrared and shortwave near infrared radiation. Displaying the ghostbuster's logo is an important part of the protocol.