On one of my other Sundays at Toolik, I drove up to Prudhoe Bay (about a 3 hour drive) with two of my labmates. We drove up to the end of the Dalton Highway, along the beautiful Sagavanirktok River for much of the way.
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| Caribou! |
At the end of the Dalton Highway was Prudhoe Bay, which may just be the most ugly place I've been in my life. Really. We went on a tour of the "town", since this was the only way to actually access the Arctic Ocean.
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| Tundra swans. |
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| Sand dunes by the Arctic Ocean. |
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| Arctic Ocean! |
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| Caribou! |
After the tour, we piled back in to the car and made it back to camp in time to work in the lab for a few hours. I do like my job!
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| Sag River. |
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| Looking out over Toolik Lake. |
This pretty much sums up the highlights of my field work in Alaska. You can find all of my photos (and some extra)
here. It was a really interesting and cool summer: a lot of hard work in a beautiful place with some great people. I'm already looking forward to going back next summer!
