Harbor seals on ice berg

The Bering Glacier and Vitus Lake as seen from base camp.

Survey for water birds on lake

A stroll along the shore of Seal River at low tide

 

The MTU crew at Copper River Glacier

The Southern University and MTU crews at Bering camp

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Nancy Auer of the Biological Sciences Department was a participating faculty member for a Bering Glacier field trip.

Since 2000, Michigan Tech Research Institute’s scientists and engineers have been conducting research on the Bering Glacier in Alaska to support a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrological study. The Bering Glacier is the largest (5200 sq km) and longest (190km) glacier in continental North America.terminal moraine. The camp, complete with refueling airstrip, kitchen and mess tent, command center, and restrooms, can comfortably host 25 scientists at a given time. The scientists and their staff sleep in tents or wooden floor huts.

The Bering Glacier camp is located on the edge of Vitus Lake (see Google maps: Bering Glacier map) on a former

The 2007 August Trip Participants included the Michigan Tech Research Institute, Dr. Robert Shuchman, Institute Co-Director; Liza Liversedge, Luke Spaete, and Erik Josberger.

Traveling to Alaska from Michigan Tech were Dr. Nancy Auer, Dr. John Gierke, Silvia Espino, Josh Richardson, Kevin Endsley, and President Glenn Mroz
Vice-President for Research David Reed.

Photos were taken by by Kevin Endsley, Michigan Tech student; Dr. Robert Shuchman, Erik Josberger and Liza Liversedge of MTRI.

For More Information see:

More on the GMES Field Trip Story and Pictures

Alaska Report Article about MTRI and Bering Glacier

Detroit Free Press article (PDF) 85 kb

Find out more about MTRI Projects at the Bering Glacier

View the Bering Glacier website

MTRI College Student research at Bering Glacier

More about MTRI

 

Returning in zodiac after doing sampling for benthos and icthyoplankton in Vitus Lake, water is 1C so survival suits are manditory, above and below.