Measuring Greenhouse Gases in Alaska
One of life’s essentials
We have no running water here, so one of us brings in five-gallon jugs of water a couple times month for making coffee and for drinking.
As told to
We spoke with Ross Burgener, a technician at the Barrow Observatory in Utqiagvik, Alaska, about the joys
and challenges of working in a remote northern location.
I often need to pick up parts and check for incoming flasks or drop our samples off at the post office to be shipped to Boulder, our home base
The “Prism” label I slapped on my water bottle is from a company that makes kites, including ones for water-skiing and snowboarding.
I track the date the snow starts melting to determine how much time the tundra is exposed each year.