Expedition Location: McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica Expedition Dates: Dec. 2025 – Jan. 2026 Field Team Members: Ryan Cassotto, UMaine; Allie Berry, UMaine PhD Graduate Student; Ali Banwell, U Colorado; Michela Savignano, U Colorado PhD Graduate Student Funding Support: National Science Foundation In December 2025, we started fieldwork on an NSF-funded project to study the Ice […]
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Expedition Location: Kluane Lake Research Station Expedition Dates: 6/2/2025- 6/10/2025 Field Team Members: Dominic Winski, Inga Kindstedt, Sicely Sohn (report author) Funding Support: Sturgis Exploration Fund Introduction: Far north regions are warming at an accelerated rate compared to the global average (Williamson et al., 2020). Non-polar ice in the Gulf of Alaska region carries a […]
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Expedition Location: Laramie and the Snowy Range, WyomingExpedition Dates: July 7–18, 2025Field Team Members: Morgan Anderson* and Dr. Dulcinea GroffFunding Support: Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Exploration Fund IntroductionTracing the history of seabird populations through time reveals how these coastalspecies have weathered past climate change and offers clues about their future in a rapidlywarming […]
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Expedition Location: Ponta Delgada, Azores – Nuuk, Greenland Expedition Dates: July 2025 Field Team Members: Cory Limberger (PhD Student, UMaine) , Field Trip Leaders, Kerim Nisancioglu and Endre Tvinnereim (University of Bergen). Funding Support: The Churchill Exploration Fund and SAUNNA NRT Background: I had the opportunity to participate in the One Ocean Expedition, conducting oceanographic research and fieldwork with […]
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Expedition Location: Kluane Lake, Yukon, CanadaExpedition Dates: June 2-10, 2025Field Team Members: Dominic Winski*, Sicily Sohn, Inga Kindstedt (report author)Funding Support: Sturgis Exploration Fund Introduction: The Gulf of Alaska (GoA) region, which includes Alaska, the Yukon and parts of British Columbia, contains over 40 mm of sea level rise in its many alpine glaciers and […]
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Expedition Dates: July 27th, 2025 – August 8th, 2025 Field Team Members: Kayla Guthrie, Miranda Seixas, Dr. Jasmine Saros, Dr. Jacob Yde, Dr. Torgeir Røthe, Dr. Sigurd Nerhus, and Misa Saros Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Research Background: Acid deposition has had significant impacts in Norway, leaving forests, lakes, and rivers […]
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Expedition Location: Juneau Icefield, Juneau, Alaska Expedition Dates: Jun 29, 2025 to July 19, 2025 Field Team Members: Wyatt Stanley, Scott Braddock, Mathilde Børch, and Seth Campbell Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Foundation, NSF CAREER grant (PI Campbell), and the University of Maine Graduate Student Government Background and Significance: Glaciers worldwide are melting […]
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Expedition Location: Qalerallit Imaat and Sermilik Fjord, South Greenland Expedition Dates: Jun 11 to 16, 2025 Field Team Members: Mathilde Børch, Kristin Schild, Lee Karp-Boss, Allie Berry, Kayla Guthrie, Miranda Seixas, Wyatt Stanley, and Seth Campbell Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation, and NSF SAUNNA NRT Background and Significance: Today, glaciers worldwide […]
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Expedition Location: Sogndal, Norway Expedition Dates: July 27, 2025 – August 8, 2025 Field Team Members: Miranda Seixas*, Kayla Guthrie, Misa Saros, Jacob Yde, Jasmine Saros Funding Support: The Robert and Judith Sturgis Family Foundation Exploration Fund Introduction: The cryosphere is anywhere on Earth where water is frozen, including ice sheets, ice caps, mountain glaciers, […]
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For nearly a decade, Amanda Gavin has studied and conserved lakes, including many in Maine, that provide drinking water and support agriculture. Today, she’s investigating what the future may hold for tens of thousands of crystalline blue lakes within an Arctic country experiencing rapid ecological change: Greenland. More frequent heat waves, drought, heavy rain and […]
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