Our field sites in Alaska are in Denali National Park and Preserve in central Alaska and the Mendenhall Glacier in S.E. Alaska (near Juneau). We are studying microbial community and ecosystem succession at both of these sites. This work (especially at Mendenhall Glacier) has been done in conjunction with Diana Nemergut and her lab group.
Denali National Park
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Steve Schmidt hiking towards the Middle Fork Toklat Glacier
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Middle Fork Toklat Glacier viewed from basecamp in the Tundra Zone
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Jack Darcy leaping over a crevasse (Middle Fork Toklas Glacier)
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Jack near the terminus of the Middle Fork Toklas Glacier, a classic debris-covered glacier.
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Mountain above the glacier as viewed from base camp
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