Camping on an Arctic Ocean ice floe can be risky. Choosing a safe spot is critical in a setting where the surface can crack open. Preparing for two Navy attack submarines longer than a football field to pop up through the sea ice adds to the challenge. That essential job — finding a good spot […]
Artists and writers can apply for the 2024 Dalton Highway artist-in-residence position, based this year at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field Station. The selected artist will have five to six days to travel the Dalton Highway, speak with land managers and research scientists and pursue their discipline amid Alaska’s inspiring Arctic landscapes. Residencies can […]
Toolik Field Station has partnered with the new Polar Research Infrastructure Network to boost international collaboration in polar science. The project, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, will increase international access to 64 field stations, vessels and other polar research facilities across Europe, the Americas and Antarctica. Researchers from the U.S. will be […]
Making race history with his sixth Iditarod Championship Nome, Alaska – Veteran musher Dallas Seavey of Talkeetna, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the 52nd running of the Iditarod in Nome at 5:16 p.m. Wednesday, claiming his sixth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® championship. With this win, Seavey has now become the most celebrated musher in the […]