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2000

Lake El'gygytgyn Travelogue. I spent the summer of 2000 in the Russian Far East. This trip turned out to be quite the adventure. Click here to read lot's of good stories and see pictures of an amazing place.

2002

Matt and Kristin's Wedding. We were married on beautiful sunny day in Talkeetna, overlooking the Alaska Range. See the pictures and read about it here.

2003

My wife, the pilot. Kristin's ten year dream has been to get paid to fly. Now she does. Click here to see her in action.

Antarctic Travelogue. I spent the winter of 2002/2003 in West Antarctica. The trip was so successful that the story isn't very exciting, and the scenery was pretty much flat and white. Click here if you've got some time on your hands.

McCall Glacier Travelogue. We spent two weeks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge studying McCall Glacier in May 2003. It is a beautiful area and we had a very successful trip. Click here to read about it and see the pictures.

McCall Glacier, August 2003. I spent about 10 productive days back on McCall Glacier with an interesting crowd of people in a beatiful location. Click here to learn more.

2004

McCall Glacier, May 2004. I spent about 3 weeks on McCall Glacier doing some pretty cold science with three cool women. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier, August 2004. Tons of debris flown out, new met stations, and close encounters with polar bears. Click here to learn more.

2005

McCall Glacier, May 2005. A warm winter trip, more new met stations, and lots of waiting at Waldos. Click here to learn more.

Meet the boy. Click here to meet the newest addition to our family.

2006

My wife, the captain. After 3 years as second-in-command, Kristin is now the big cheese. Click here to see her in action.

McCall Glacier, May 2006. Lot's of snow and extra food, as well as more GPS and yet more met stations. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier, August 2006. Click here to learn more about Turner's Big Adventure.

2007

McCall Glacier, May 2007. Warm, sunny weather combined with an experienced team leads to a productive season. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier, July-August 2007. We spent about a month hiking and doing field work in a great region of the Arctic. Click here to see about 300 of the 18,032 photographs I took and about 20 of the 375 interactive panoramas made from them.

2008

McCall Glacier, April-September 2008. We spent about 5 months working in the Arctic this summer as part of the 4th International Polar Year. Click here to read the blog tells whole story through tons of photos, movies, and interactive panoramas.

2009

Los Angeles to Fairbanks, January 2009. We spent a month buying a plane to support our field work, flying it from California back home in winter. The trip did not go as planned, but it was filled with adventures. Click here to learn more.

Fairbanks to Denver, February 2009. We spent two weeks driving a rented U-Haul carrying a home-made freezer filled with McCall Glacier ice cores collected in 2008 to the National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver. Click here to learn more.

2010

McCall Glacier, April-May 2010. A very civilized trip with a great crew led to a very productive experience. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier, August 2010. A successful trip that went as planned, but not necessarily as originally intended. Click here to learn more.

2011

McCall Glacier, May 2011. We spent 3 weeks on the glacier, ice coring, looking for pollen, fixing weather stations, and filming it all in HD. Click here to learn more.

Hulahula and Jago Rivers, June 2011. We spent several weeks stream gaging and collecting water and invertebrates. It was a horrible float trip, but a great hiking trip. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier and Hulahula Rivers, August 2011. After the glacier trip, we spent about 2 weeks floating down the Hulahula River with 10 other scientists as part of a floating workshop. Click here to learn more.

2012

McCall Glacier, May 2012. This trip marks a decade of our research on McCall Glacier, and was thankfully a successful and fun trip. Click here to learn more.

Happy Valley and Jago River, June 2012. A lot of aerial photography and stream gaging, crammed into a 2 week trip. The trip didnt end as planned, but was productive, fun, and educational nonetheless. Click here to learn more.

McCall Glacier, August 2012. Three weeks of gaging streams, surveying glaciers, and learning new things in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Click here to learn more.