COOPER ISLAND, ALASKA — While at lower latitudes seasonal transitions occur slowly with weeks or months between what one considers winter and summer conditions, in the Arctic this transition is abrupt — taking only a few days. The mainland tundra and offshore islands can be snow-covered one day and then virtually snow-free the next with [...]
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  (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Shouting warming in a crowded theater London, England, March 14, 2011 — Working in a rapidly changing environment for over 35 years has provided me with a number of “I never thought I would see this!” moments, especially in the last decade. Spending my summers on an island at the northern edge of Alaska since 1975 has [...] (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Lori The BBC takes a look at the play Greenland and talks to the individuals involved in its creation. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] For more BBC podcasts about the environmental, development and agriculture, dealing with the impact of humankind on the natural world visit BBC One Planet. (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Cooper Island, Alaska, July 31, 2010 — Cooper Island is about as far from the Gulf of Mexico, and its now-oiled waters, as one can be and still be in the United States. But the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and the resulting paradigm shift in how the government and public views offshore oil drilling, will have [...]  (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cooper Island, Alaska, July 8, 2010 — This post, like the start of summer on the North Slope is a bit tardy. Once Black Guillemot egg laying finally started in the last week of June, I was busy checking every one of the 200 nest sites on the island to determine date of egg laying. [...] (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... |
 
Penelope graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Environmental Science and Resource Management and she has worked for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) project. During her time at COASST she also worked for the Friends of Cooper Island, seeing the numerical changes of the Arctic as she entered over 30 years of George Divoky’s data into Excel Spreadsheets. In October of 2010 she made her way back to Antarctica, this time she left her mop and bucket behind, and worked as a Field Technician on a long-term penguin monitoring study. Currently she is working for Friends of Cooper Island and will, for the first time, be on Cooper Island putting in Polar Bear proof nest boxes and banding adult breeding birds.
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