Toolik Field Station
@toolikfieldstation.bsky.social
Remote research station in Arctic Alaska operated by UAF Institute of Arctic Biology with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation Inspiring an Understanding of the Arctic from the Ground Up www.uaf.edu/toolik
Last week's snow. It melted. Then more fell and melted. And so forth and so on in autumn's familiar dance.
Rick Thoman@alaskawx.bsky.social · 2mo agoWednesday morning at UAF Toolik Lake Field Station: 730am AKDT and 32F/0C with a bit of fresh snow overnight. At an elevation of 2500 feet (760 meters) MSL at 68.6ºN latitude in the Brooks Range, any day of the year is a good day for snow. Image courtesy @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social. #akwx #Snow
Join us on September 14 for a workshop with Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq on equitable research with Arctic communities. Explore ethical engagement, long-term community capacity, Tribal sovereignty, and lessons from recent fieldwork. To register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9g6cv...
Donate to the Tundra Award on UA Giving Day today & help unlock $1,250! givingday.alaska.edu/amb/toolik Toolik or bust! Getting to Toolik isn’t easy. While we can’t change the Dalton Hwy, we can offer the Tundra Award to make the road to Toolik science smoother for early career researchers. 📷ETowns
Toolik Field Station is seeking a GIS & Remote Sensing Manager! Join us on Alaska's North Slope to support Arctic science. Candidates need experience w/ GIS systems, surveying & analysis, team & project management. Work is split between Toolik & Fairbanks Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Wonder what last year's temperatures were like in comparison to the prior 35 years? Check out this graph from our Environmental Data Center manager @ubetula.bsky.social . Midsummer was hot, hot, hot! But it still snowed every month of the year.
Great new resource from @arctictogether.bsky.social!
Navigating the New Arctic Community Office@arctictogether.bsky.social · 11mo ago📣New resource available from the NNA-CO! Check out our new mini-course - Arctic Scientists in the Classroom: Principles for Designing Community-Centered Educational Programs 🎓 ceee.colorado.edu/online-works...
Calling students & early career researchers in Arctic science: Want to conduct research at Toolik Field Station? Apply for our 2026 early career Tundra Award! Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱
Great day @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social. Not only is the lake officially ice free but I got to get out via helicopter to a thermokarst lake to the south of Toolik to work on an eddy covariance tower. Pretty good day all in all. @woodwellclimate.bsky.social
Ever wish you could visit Toolik? Now's your chance! Come for our Visitor's Day, June 6, 9:30a-4p! Immerse yourself in the sights & sounds of the tundra w/ our Naturalist & tour Toolik facilities & long-term research sites. Learn more at uaf.edu/toolik/news/50th-year/visitors-day.php
Costume day in the field @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social today. Thanks to everyone for bringing colour to the tundra!
We're celebrating 50 years of Toolik with a special collection in Arctic Science @arcticsciencej.bsky.social . Thinking about publishing your Toolik research? Consider submitting to this collection!
Canadian Science Publishing@cdnsciencepub.com · last yr.@arcticsciencej.bsky.social invites submissions on Arctic change in the Toolik region—from the deep biosphere to space. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025 @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social Submission instructions ▶️ buff.ly/ILC2tor
Hot off the R-press! This winter's ice thickness on Toolik Lake. Any bets as to when it'll be ice-free? Thanks to Amanda Young @ubetula.bsky.social and Toolik's hardy year-round Spatial and Environmental Data Center team.
Support future leaders in Arctic research — give to our Tundra Award on UA Giving Day & help us unlock our Steering Committee’s $1,250 pledge. We just need 2 more gifts to meet the challenge! givingday.alaska.edu/amb/toolik
After months of darkness, the sun rose once again at the station on January 18. 📷 Mayra Meléndez González
Muskox battles, endless ptarmigan, migrating birds and more! Our seasonal naturalist Seth Beaudreault had quite the first day back at the station with wildlife galore. Read more about it in our Naturalist Journal, updated daily. www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/j...
Want to support world-class Arctic research? Join our team as our Logistics Coordinator & lead behind-the-scenes work of making science happen. Coordinate moving people & freight to/from Toolik Field Station. Full-time based in Fairbanks w/ benefits Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/logisti...
Stay up to date on Toolik Field Station's 2024 operations by attending our virtual town hall! Join us via zoom on March 8 @ 10 am AK time. Register in advance at www.bit.ly/toolik-town-hall-2024.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about big animals—🐋🐋🐋—but over the last year, I’ve had a chance to learn more about the big role of small critters. Like voles in the tundra carbon cycle 🐭(also my first attempt to write about biogeochemistry, gah). www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
A Major Climate Force Has Been Ignored for Decades
Small mammals play an outsize role in shaping the world around them.
theatlantic.com
Oh the beauty of a clearing Arctic winter sky!
Well we are not quite as chilly as Fairbanks or Cold foot here at @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social but it is still -40 out so it is pretty darn cold. Today I spotted a small flock of ptarmigan browsing in the willows around the station and basking in the sunlight.
The sun is back at the station…and with it, windchills in the -60s F! 📸 @ubetula.bsky.social staying warm.
