Posts Tagged ‘Arctic Landscape Explorer’
The Arctic Landscape Explorer (Alex) – An Arctic Passion Permafrost Service
Near the Native Village of Point Lay (Iñupiaq: Kali) on Alaska’s Chukchi coast, a lake drained into the nearby Kokolik River in August 2016. Not an uncommon occurrence, as dozens of lakes in Alaska have disappeared in recent years. However, the lake was used as a freshwater source for the village, forcing the community to…
Read MorePermafrost Field Work And Consultations On The Arctic Landscape Explorer (Alex) In Western Alaska
Please enjoy this firsthand account of permafrost fieldwork in Alaska by Tillmann Lübker, a geospatial data scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research’s Department of Permafrost Research. Chunks of slush slide across the bare ice and land on the muddy ground with a dull sound. After traversing a dense willow…
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