Pressure ridge on the surface of the sea ice on Elson Lagoon. Credit: Alina Spera (2021) CC BY-SA 4.0
The BLE-LTER team drills a hole in the sea ice on Stefansson Sound in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Credit: James Schloemer (2021) CC BY-SA 4.0
Sydney Wilkinson and Dr Ken Dunton sort material from benthic grabs for isotope analysis.
Sydney Wilkinson poses next to a block of sea ice.
Sydney Wilkinson and Dr Ken Dunton use an ice corer to drill into the sea ice to sample the ice and create holes to sample the lagoons.
LTER Grad student Brian Kim collects research samples at Beaufort Lagoon LTER. BLE LTER
Researcher James McClelland sampling water during ice break-up in Kaktovik Lagoon, Alaska. Ken Dunton
Two Inupiat BLE LTER students stand at the base of an eroding shoreline on Barter Island BLE LTER