Field Blog/News

SIPERG in the Arctic 2017 (Ingoya, northern Finnmark)

We have been trying to do some work (shell collecting and lake coring) but the weather has been pretty lousy. Today we cored “isolation basin”… Read More

May 25, 2017

SIPERG travels to Gulf of Maine

Nina Whitney is currently assisting on a science vessel in the Gulf of Maine, USA. She is collecting valuable data for her PhD work. Below… Read More

October 6, 2016

Cave Updates from Portugal!

Thought we were done with fieldwork? Nope, not yet! Why go back to the States when you can swing through Portugal to help Diana’s cave… Read More

August 31, 2016

Departure

Early on Saturday morning, 5:30am, Captain Joakim ferried us to Havøysund to catch the Hurtigruten south to Tromsø. We hate leaving here but are excited… Read More

August 29, 2016

Last Days on Ingøya

The weather has turned here at Ingøya, cloudy with wind at 10+ m/s. The land crew got some work done this morning out at Rolvsøya… Read More

August 25, 2016

Pretty in Pink

On Tuesday morning we began sorting through some of the material collected from Sandenbai on Monday. We have noticed the Arctica from Sandenbai at Ingøya… Read More

August 23, 2016

Sea Clams, Land Clams, and Fishing on Monday

Today the land crew and boat crew went separate ways. Mike, Julie, Sam, and Claire began at the 30m beach near Mafjorden spotted from Alan… Read More

August 22, 2016

First trip to deep water was successful

Day 2 part 2 While the others were collecting their third lake core, Al head to the beach in Sanden Bay to look for monster… Read More

August 21, 2016

1 very productive day 2

Everyone agrees these last two days are extremely unusual in terms of weather at a place like Ingøya, which boasts the record greatest number of… Read More

August 20, 2016

Arrival on Ingøya!

Fieldwork is underway at Ingøya, Norway. This season we are seven: Michael Carroll, Al Wanamaker, Maddie Mette, Mike Retelle, Julie Retelle, Sam Rickerich, and Claire… Read More

August 19, 2016