Glaciologists help with recovery of human remains

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the Alaska Army National Guard prepares to drop off members of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Crash Recover team on Colony Glacier, Alaska on July 10, 2012.

US Army photo/Staff Sgt. Brehl Garza.

It’s not often that glaciologists help with the recovery of long-lost human remains, but military officials recently enlisted Martin Truffer for that purpose. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute professor and graduate student Dave Podrasky came up with useful information on a Southcentral glacier that held plane wreckage and the remains of military men killed in a crash 60 years ago.

Glaciologists help with recovery of human remains

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from the Alaska Army National Guard prepares to drop off members of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Crash Recover team on Colony Glacier, Alaska on July 10, 2012.

US Army photo/Staff Sgt. Brehl Garza.

It’s not often that glaciologists help with the recovery of long-lost human remains, but military officials recently enlisted Martin Truffer for that purpose. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute professor and graduate student Dave Podrasky came up with useful information on a Southcentral glacier that held plane wreckage and the remains of military men killed in a crash 60 years ago.

Alaska Science Forum: Glaciologists help with recovery of human remains

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2012-08-30
Teaser Title: 
GI glaciologists aid recovery effort
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Truffer, Podrasky track surface speed of Colony Glacier

 

Military on Colony Glacier 2012by nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
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CRREL permafrost tunnel open house August 18-19, 2012

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2012-08-17
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CRREL permafrost tunnel open house
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Tours, activities August 18-19

 

Permafrost tunnel open house August 2012You have an opportunity to stand in the middle of the ice age. On August 18-19, 2012, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory will offer public tours and educational activities at their permafrost tunnel located in Fox, Alaska. Activities run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

 

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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
Other

2012 International Glaciological Society symposium a success

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2012-08-10
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IGS symposium a success
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More than 260 glaciologists attend GI-hosted event

 

Professor of Geophysics Regine Hock, 2012By Professor of Geophysics rehock [at] alaska [dot] edu (Regine Hock)

 

More than 260 glaciologists from around the world gathered at UAF 24-29 June for the annual symposium of the International Glaciological Society which was hosted by the Geophysical Institute.

 

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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost

Funds will provide access to Austin Post glacial photography

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2012-08-08
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Austin Post glacial photography
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Funds to provide access to collection held by GeoData Center

 

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Alaska Satellite Facility
Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost

Methane seepage in the Arctic: GI's Grosse and colleagues' work in Nature Geoscience

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2012-07-27
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Methane seepage in the Arctic
Teaser Text: 
GI's Grosse and colleagues' work speaks to Earth's swelling greenhouse gas budget

 

Department
Department: 
Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost

Girls on Ice presentations July 24, 2012 at GI

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2012-07-24
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Girls on Ice presentations July 24
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6 p.m. in Elvey Auditorium

Gulkana Glacier, AlaskaGirls on Ice is a unique, free, wilderness science education program for high school girls. Each year two teams of nine teenage girls and three instructors spend 11 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and the alpine landscape through scientific field studies with professional glaciologists, ecologists, artists, and mountaineers.

Department
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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost

Standing in the middle of the ice age

Matthew Sturm points out the horn of a steppe bison.

Photo by Ned Rozell.

FOX, ALASKA — Bison have not thundered through this neighborhood for thousands of years. But there’s one now, Matthew Sturm said, as he pointed to a horn cemented in a cold, dark wall 30 feet beneath the boreal forest.

Alaska Science Forum: Standing in the middle of the ice age

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Release Date: 
2012-07-20
Teaser Title: 
Standing in the middle of the ice age
Teaser Text: 
CRREL permafrost tunnel expands

 

Mathew Sturm in the CRREL permafrost tunnel in Fox, AKby nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

FOX, ALASKA — Bison have not thundered through this neighborhood for thousands of years. But there’s one now, Matthew Sturm said, as he pointed to a horn cemented in a cold, dark wall 30 feet beneath the boreal forest.

 

Department
Department: 
Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
Other

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