Expeditions 2025

Reviewing Drone setup on site.

Capturing spatial variation of snowmelt on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska

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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"Blue" icebergs (Naajat Serimat Glacier)

Quantifying changes in glacier dynamics of marine-terminating glaciers retreating and transitioning to land between 1943 and 2025 in South Greenland fjords

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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Investigating microbial community composition and function in glacially-fed lakes in Jostedalsbreen, Norway

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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Amanda Gavin: Investigating Greenland’s rapidly changing water supply

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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