Rolf Gradinger (PI, rgradinger@ims.uaf.edu) has been interested in polar ecology since his first Arctic expedition in 1984. He has been teaching biological oceanography and sea ice ecology at UAF since 2001.
Bodil Bluhm (Co-PI, bluhm@ims.uaf.edu) has specialized in the population dynamics of polar invertebrates.
Mette Nielson (fsmrn@uaf.edu) is a graduate student at SFOS and interested in studies on the ecology of the ice fauna.
Our research project is funded through the Coastal Marine Institute, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Logistical support in Barrow is provided through the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium.
