Donie Bret-Harte, right,, associate science director at UAF's Toolik Field Station, explains some of the research efforts underway near the arctic facility with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during a brief tour in Sept. 2013.
Donie Bret-Harte, left,, associate science director at UAF's Toolik Field Station, explains some of the research efforts underway near the arctic facility with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during a brief tour in Sept. 2013.
Donie Bret-Harte, associate science director at UAF's Toolik Field Station, explains some of the research efforts underway near the arctic facility with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during a brief tour in Sept. 2013.
An aerial view of the Toolik Field Station, about 330 miles north of Fairbanks on Alaska's North Slope . The camp is operated by UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology and hosts scientists from around the world for a variety of arctic-based research efforts.
From left: Kristin O’Brien, Paula Dell, Laura Teigen, Isabell Raymundo, and Olalade Olawale pose for a photo outside the Arctic Health and Research Building.
Isabell Raymundo of Chicago works in the lab at the Arctic Health and Research Building.
Olalade Olawale works with fellow Chicago student Isabell Raymundo with fish samples taken in Antarctica.
Ololade Olawale (left) and teacher, Paula Dell of Chicago look at samples taken in Antarctica at the Arctic Health and Research Building.
Grad student Laura Teigen in Kristin O’Brien’s lab pauses for a break with Paula Dell and Ololade Olawale.
Senior biology major Colleen Bue assists Professor Kelly Drew with her research involving hibernating ground squirrels in Drew's lab in the Irving Building.
Mud forms patterns and flows after breakup in early May on a bank along the Tanana River southwest of Fairbanks.