Another great opportunity was announced at UAF, which seems to be full of them these days. This is the return of the UAF sea ice course, last taught in 2008. Here’s the announcement:
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This spring (May 8-18), UAF is once again offering a 2cr sea ice field course in Barrow, Alaska (last given in 2008). Instructors will include Hajo Eicken, Rolf Gradinger, Don Perovich, Andy Mahoney, Eric Collins and others. This is a unique class for all students with interest in physical, chemical and biological oceanography as well as marine biology. The course also includes a module on traditional and local knowledge of sea ice. Please pass this on and encourage potential students to apply –
more details are available on the course website:
http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/seaicebiota/barrowcourse_2013/
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The sea ice course is an excellent opportunity for any advanced undergraduate or graduate student (or postdoc, or non-degree seeking interested party for that matter) to get some hands-on (and feet-on) experience with sea ice, under the tutelage of some of the worlds most experienced researchers. The instructor lineup is pretty impressive; Don Perovich, Hajo Eicken, and Rolf Gradinger have been in this business a long time and have contributed very fundamental knowledge. Eric Collins and Andy Mahoney represent the new generation of researchers, and both have made impressive contributions studying sea ice under challenging winter conditions. I didn’t start graduate school until after the last sea ice course, so I learned/am learning how to work on and with it by trial and error. My guess is that many hours and frozen fingers could probably be avoided with this kind of formal training!
Don’t like the cold? Not to worry… May is balmy in Barrow, there should be 24 hours of daylight by the time the course starts. Think spring skiing conditions. Like Mexican food? Then don’t pass up your opportunity to eat at Pepe’s, the northernmost Mexican restaurant in the world!
Attendees of the UAF sea ice course will probably get their chance to eat at Pepe’s, the northernmost Mexican restaurant in the world, and one of the better (of a surprising number of) restaurants in Barrow. Here Jody, Marcela, and Jesse enjoy some high latitude Mexican food after a hard day coring sea ice.
