The student researchers head out onto the sea ice to collect data with the microclimate sled and the ground penetrating radar.
Abdullah Zulfiqar collects data on the sea ice with the microclimate sled.
Jordan Eagle and Logan Fisher collect data on the sea ice with the ground penetrating radar.
Abdullah Zulfiqar collects data on the sea ice with the microclimate sled.
Abdullah Zulfiqar and Rhett Herman stand by to assist Hans Voll and Nick Schrecongost with data collection via the microclimate sleds.
Hans Voll, Rhett Herman and Nick Schrecongost collect data on the sea ice with the microclimate sleds.
With temperatures nearing -40 degrees with the windchill, frost forms on Hans Voll's eyelashes.
Abdullah Zulfiqar reads about the whaling community of Inupiats at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
Hans Voll and Nick Schrecongost model traditional handmade parkas at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
Abdullah Zulfiqar models a traditional handmade parka at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
Nick Schrecongost and Rhett Herman check out the displays to learn more about the native culture at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
This polar bear and cubs ivory carving is on display at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
Ross Robertson and Katie Mankowski talk to a local artist about the etchings he creates on baleen in the Traditional Room of the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
A local artist creates etchings on baleen in the Traditional Room of the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska.
Rhett Herman, Hans Voll, Abdullah Zulfiqar, Nick Schrecongost, Logan Fisher, Jordan Eagle, Ross Robertson and Katie Mankowski stand by the ancient village of Ukpiagvik sign. Ukpiagvik translates to "the place where we hunt snowy owls."
Student researchers Hans Voll, Abdullah Zulfiqar, Logan Fisher, Nick Schrecongost, Jordan Eagle and Katie Mankowski, followed by their faculty leader Rhett Herman, carry the OhmMapper out onto the ice in hopes of keeping the equipment warmer for a longer period of time in order to collect the data they need.
Rhett Herman and Hans Voll discuss the data collection survey line on the sea ice.
Abdullah Zulfiqar carries the OhmMapper on the sea ice.
Katie Mankowski carries the OhmMapper on the sea ice.
The research group heads off the ice for a few minutes to warm up the equipment and their bodies.